Who's in charge here? Regulating cell cycle regulators

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-552

  Bowers, Lisa M ^a   Shapland, Elaine B ^a   Ryan, Kathleen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 56949108575     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.09.019     Document Type: Review

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