Most bacteria synthesize polyphosphate by unknown mechanisms

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 160, Issue PART 5, 2014, Pages 829-831

  Whitehead, Michael P ^a   Eagles, Lawrence ^a   Hooley, Paul ^a   Brown, Michael R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPHOSPHATE; PPK1 PROTEIN; PPK2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 84899153968     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.075366-0     Document Type: Article

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