Signal integration in bacterial two-component regulatory systems

Genes and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2601-2611

  Mitrophanov, Alexander Y ^a   Groisman, Eduardo A ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Phosphorelay; Sensor; Two component system

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL CELL; CATALYSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL POPULATION; COMPETENCE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TWO COMPONENT SYSTEM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 53549100745     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1700308     Document Type: Review

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