Signaling properties of a covalent modification cycle are altered by a downstream target

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 10032-10037

  Ventura, Alejandra C ^a   Jiang, Peng ^a   Van Wassenhove, Lauren ^a   Del Vecchio, Domitilla ^b   Merajver, Sofia D ^a   Ninfa, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Regulatory networks; Retroactivity; Sensitivity; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; HEXOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRII; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PII; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMINE; KINETICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953387357     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913815107     Document Type: Article

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