Cyclic di-GMP, an established secondary messenger still speeding up

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1817-1829

  Römling, Ute ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIS(3',5') CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECOND MESSENGER; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84864389119     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02617.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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