Analysis of the CtrA pathway in magnetospirillum reveals an ancestral role in motility in alphaproteobacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2973-2986

  Greene, Shannon E ^a   Brilli, Matteo ^b   Biondi, Emanuele G ^c   Komeili, Arash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CTRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM MAGNETICUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM MAGNETICUM AMB-1; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84863994325     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00170-12     Document Type: Article

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