Evidence for cyclic Di-GMP-mediated signaling in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 5080-5090

  Chen, Yun ^a,b   Chai, Yunrong ^a   Guo, Jian hua ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC DI GMP; CYCLIC GMP; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; DELETION MUTANT; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; LOCOMOTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84866397780     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01092-12     Document Type: Article

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