The genetic organisation of prokaryotic two-component system signalling pathways

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Williams, Robert H N ^a   Whitworth, David E ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PROKARYOTE; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78650298750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-720     Document Type: Article

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