One if by land, two if by sea: Signalling to the ranks with CSP and XIP

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-245

  Federle, Michael J ^a   Morrison, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; COMPETENCE STIMULATING PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIP PEPTIDE;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDES; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84867468891     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12029     Document Type: Note

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