Forty Years in the Making: Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of Peptide Regulation in Bacterial Development

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Perego, Marta ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL SIGNALING PROTEIN; RAP PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDES;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84875441922     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001516     Document Type: Article

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