Two-component signal transduction pathways regulating growth and cell cycle progression in a bacterium: A system-level analysis

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Skerker, Jeffrey M ^a   Prasol, Melanie S ^a,b   Perchuk, Barrett S ^a   Biondi, Emanuele G ^a   Laub, Michael T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ISOENZYME; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOLYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 26444481955     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030334     Document Type: Article

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