Dynamics of two phosphorelays controlling cell cycle progression in Caulobacter crescentus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7417-7429

  Chen, Y Erin ^a,b   Tsokos, Christos G ^a,b   Biondi, Emanuele G ^a,c   Perchuk, Barrett S ^a   Laub, Michael T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CCKA; PROTEIN CTRA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 72449175369     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00992-09     Document Type: Article

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