Cyanobacterial two-component proteins: Structure, diversity, distribution, and evolution

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 472-509

  Ashby, Mark K ^a,c   Houmard, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33745155455     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00046-05     Document Type: Review

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