Bacterially Speaking

Cell

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-246

  Bassler, Bonnie L ^a   Losick, Richard ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; DNA BINDING; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33646032683     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.04.001     Document Type: Review

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