Aspartyl-phosphate phosphatases deactivate the response regulator components of the sporulation signal transduction system in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1151-1157

  Perego, Marta ^a   Glaser, Philippe ^b,c   Hoch, James A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTYL PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0029897997     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02460.x     Document Type: Review

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