Two component systems in the spatial program of bacteria

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-218

  García Véscovi, Eleonora ^a   Sciara, Mariela I ^a   Castelli, María E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN CCKA; PROTEIN CDPR; PROTEIN CTRA; PROTEIN DIVJ; PROTEIN DIVK; PROTEIN PLEC; PROTEIN PLED; PROTEIN POPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77949918983     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.12.012     Document Type: Review

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