Signal Discrimination by Differential Regulation of Protein Stability in Quorum Sensing

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 382, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1290-1297

  Smith, Cameron ^a   Song, Hao ^a,b   You, Lingchong ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gene regulation; kinetic proofreading; quorum sensing; systems biology

Indexed keywords

MONOMER;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 51349166103     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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