Respiration control of multicellularity in Bacillus subtilis by a complex of the cytochrome chain with a membrane-embedded histidine kinase

Genes and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 887-899

  Kolodkin Gal, Ilana ^a,c   Elsholz, Alexander K W ^a   Muth, Christine ^b   Girguis, Peter R ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Biofilms; Cytochromes; Histidine kinase; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CYTOCHROMES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MUTATION; NAD; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84876931237     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.215244.113     Document Type: Article

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