The enzymes of bacterial census and censorship

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-14

  Fast, Walter ^a   Tipton, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GCN5; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ACYLATION; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LACTONIZATION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LIGASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84855573115     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2011.10.001     Document Type: Review

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