Mechanisms of cyclic-di-GMP signaling in bacteria

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2006, Pages 385-407

  Jenal, Urs ^a   Malone, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cyclic di GMP (c di GMP); Diguanylate cyclase; EAL; GGDEF; Phosphodiesterase

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC DIGUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; CYCLIC GMP; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CAULOBACTER; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CYCLIC GMP; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO;

EID: 33845403359     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.40.110405.090423     Document Type: Review

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