Cyclic di-guanosine-monophosphate comes of age: A novel secondary messenger involved in modulating cell surface structures in bacteria?

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-191

  Jenal, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

c diGMP; Cellulose synthase; cGMP specific and stimulated phosphodiesterases adenylate cyclases (Anabaena) FhlA (E. coli); CS; Cyclic di guanosine monophosphate; DGC; Di guanylate cyclase; GAF; GTP; Guanosine triphosphate; PAS

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CYCLIC DIGUANOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC GMP; GLUCOSE; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAULOBACTER; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS;

ANABAENA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER;

EID: 1842610464     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2004.02.007     Document Type: Review

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