Interaction fidelity in two-component signaling

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-197

  Szurmant, Hendrik ^a   Hoch, James A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL CYCLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 77949915674     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.01.007     Document Type: Review

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