Regulated proteolysis in bacterial development

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 493-522

  Konovalova, Anna ^a   Søgaard Andersen, Lotte ^b   Kroos, Lee ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Differentiation; Morphogenesis; Protease; Regulatory proteolysis; Signal

Indexed keywords

LANTHIONINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CELL CYCLE; DIFFERENTIATION; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEASE; REGULATORY PROTEOLYSIS; SIGNAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEOLYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899913219     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12050     Document Type: Review

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