A pivotal role for the response regulator DegU in controlling multicellular behaviour

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Murray, Ewan J ^a   Kiley, Taryn B ^a   Stanley Wall, Nicola R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; ASPARTYL PHOSPHATASE; EXOPEPTIDASE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATASE REGULATOR G PROTEIN; PROTEIN DEGS; PROTEIN DEGU; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REGULATOR ASPARTYL PHOSPHATASE G PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEGU PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OCTODON DEGUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 61449180288     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.023903-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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