Split Histidine Kinases Enable Ultrasensitivity and Bistability in Two-Component Signaling Networks

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Amin, Munia ^a   Porter, Steven L ^a   Soyer, Orkun S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES;

ATP-BINDING; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BI-STABILITY; BIOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY; HISTIDINE KINASE; RESPONSE REGULATORS; SIGNALING CASCADES; SIGNALING NETWORKS; TWO-COMPONENT; ULTRASENSITIVITY;

SIGNALING;

PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; SPLIT HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TWO COMPONENT SIGNALING NETWORK;

EID: 84875983711     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002949     Document Type: Article

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