Stimulus perception in bacterial signal-transducing histidine kinases

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 910-938

  Mascher, Thorsten ^a   Helmann, John D ^b   Unden, Gottfried ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; CITRIC ACID; DICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE ENZYME; NITRATE; NITRITE; PEPTIDE; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN AGRC; PROTEIN CACHE; PROTEIN CITA; PROTEIN COMD; PROTEIN COMP; PROTEIN DCUS; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN LIAS;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL STRESS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TURGOR PRESSURE;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845640610     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00020-06     Document Type: Review

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