Two-component signaling circuit structure and properties

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-189

  Goulian, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 77949916347     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.01.009     Document Type: Review

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