Signal transduction mechanisms in Caulobacter crescentus development and cell cycle control

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-191

  Jenal, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell cycle; Caulobacter crescentus; Cell differentiation; Flagellum; Two component signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034009062     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(99)00035-2     Document Type: Review

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