Two-component signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis: How one organism sees its world

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1975-1983

  Fabret, Céline ^a,b   Feher, Victoria A ^a   Hoch, James A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032911313     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.7.1975-1983.1999     Document Type: Short Survey

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