Division and cell envelope regulation by Ser/Thr phosphorylation: Mycobacterium shows the way

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1064-1077

  Molle, Virginie ^a   Kremer, Laurent ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CORD FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EMBR PROTEIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GLYCOLIPID; MYCOLIC ACID; MYMA PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PKNA PROTEIN; PKNB PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RV2175C PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL WALL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 77349099314     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.07041.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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