A novel histidine kinase inhibitor regulating development in Bacillus subtilis

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2569-2579

  Wang, Ling ^a   Grau, Roberto ^a   Perego, Marta ^a   Hoch, James A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Histidine kinase inhibitor; Kinase A; Phosphorelay; Signal transduction; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030764211     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.19.2569     Document Type: Article

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