The DivJ, CbrA and PleC system controls DivK phosphorylation and symbiosis in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-71

  Pini, Francesco ^a   Frage, Benjamin ^b   Ferri, Lorenzo ^c   De Nisco, Nicole J ^d   Mohapatra, Saswat S ^a   Taddei, Lucilla ^c   Fioravanti, Antonella ^a   Dewitte, Frederique ^a   Galardini, Marco ^c   Brilli, Matteo ^e,f   Villeret, Vincent ^a   Bazzicalupo, Marco ^c   Mengoni, Alessio ^c   Walker, Graham C ^d   Becker, Anke ^b   Biondi, Emanuele G ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^f RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CBRA; PROTEIN DIVJ; PROTEIN DIVK; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN PLEC; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84884678379     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12347     Document Type: Article

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