Auxiliary phosphatases in two-component signal transduction

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-183

  Silversmith, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEC PROTEIN; CHEX PROTEIN; CHEZ PROTEIN; FLIY PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; RAP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CATALYSIS; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ASPARTIC ACID; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77949914208     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.01.004     Document Type: Review

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