Cyclic di-GMP signaling in bacteria: Recent advances and new puzzles

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 8327-8334

  Ryan, Robert P ^a   Fouhy, Yvonne ^a   Lucey, Jean F ^a   Dow, J Maxwell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DERIVATIVE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SECOND MESSENGER; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLANT DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33845400857     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01079-06     Document Type: Short Survey

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