Developmental and environmental regulatory pathways in alpha-proteobacteria

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1695-1714

  Ardissone, Silvia ^a   Viollier, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha proteobacteria; Antisigma factor; Caulobacter; Cellcycle; Cytokinesis; Exopolysacharide EPS; Histidine kinase; Mucoidy; Phosphatase; Phosphorylation; Protein localization; Proteolysis; Review; Transcriptional circuit

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL CYCLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84859227670     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4013     Document Type: Article

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