The Rcs phosphorelay: A complex signal transduction system

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2005, Pages 379-405

  Majdalani, Nadim ^a   Gottesman, Susan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Exopolysaccharide; Lon protease; LuxR family

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN RCSA; PROTEIN RCSB; PROTEIN RCSC; PROTEIN RCSD; PROTEIN RPRA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; FTSZ GENE; NONHUMAN; OSMB GENE; OSMC GENE; PHOSPHORELAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 25144451503     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.59.050405.101230     Document Type: Review

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