Role of the GGDEF regulator PleD in polar development of Caulobacter crescentus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1695-1708

  Aldridge, Phillip ^a,b   Paul, Ralf ^a   Goymer, Patrick ^c,d   Rainey, Paul ^c,d   Jenal, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLED GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLELES; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENES, REGULATOR; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0037346498     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03401.x     Document Type: Article

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