A mechanical signal transmitted by the flagellum controls signalling in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-21

  Cairns, Lynne S ^a   Marlow, Victoria L ^a   Bissett, Emma ^a   Ostrowski, Adam ^a   Stanley Wall, Nicola R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEGS PROTEIN; DEGU PROTEIN; DEGU-P PROTEIN; EXOPEPTIDASE; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGU GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTB GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OCTODON DEGUS; POSIBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LOCOMOTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84884700405     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12342     Document Type: Article

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