Characterization of a membrane-linked Ser/Thr protein kinase in Bacillus subtilis, implicated in developmental processes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 571-586

  Madec, Edwige ^a   Laszkiewicz, Agnieszka ^a   Iwanicki, Adam ^b   Obuchowski, Michal ^b   Séror, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GENE PRODUCT; PHOSPHATASE; POTASSIUM 40; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036428610     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03178.x     Document Type: Article

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