Signal Transduction by Serine/Threonine Protein Kinases in Bacteria

Bacterial Signaling

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 427-447

  Bott, Michael ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Gene expression; Phosphorylation; Serine threonine protein kinase; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350424855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527629237.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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