Cell cycle-dependent degradation of a flagellar motor component requires a novel-type response regulator

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 379-391

  Aldridge, Phillip ^a   Jenal, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS;

EID: 0032896914     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01358.x     Document Type: Article

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