The evolution of two-component systems in bacteria reveals different strategies for niche adaptation

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1329-1342

  Alm, Eric ^a,b   Huang, Katherine ^a,c   Arkin, Adam ^a,c,d  

^a Virtual Institute for Microbial Stress and Survival   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENE FAMILIES; HISTIDINE KINASE; HISTIDINE PROTEIN KINASE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PHYLOGENETIC DISTRIBUTION; PROKARYOTIC GENOMES; PROKARYOTICS; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; TWO COMPONENT SYSTEMS;

EXPANSION;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GEOBACTER; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PROKARYOTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OPERON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; OPERON; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33751429178     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020143     Document Type: Article

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