Evolutionary connections between bacterial and eukaryotic signaling systems: A genomic perspective

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 490-497

  Aravind, L ^a   Anantharaman, Vivek ^a   Iyer, Lakshminaryan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; CYTOKININ; NOTCH RECEPTOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; BACILLUS; DEINOCOCCACEAE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCACEAE; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0242354978     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2003.09.003     Document Type: Review

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