Light matters: Phototaxis and signal transduction in unicellular cyanobacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 745-754

  Bhaya, Devaki ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; PENTAPEPTIDE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SCREENING; CELL SURFACE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; LIGHT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTAXIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; LIGHT; MOVEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 3843085218     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04160.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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