The identification of four histidine kinases that influence sporulation in Clostridium thermocellum

Anaerobe

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-119

  Mearls, Elizabeth B ^a,b   Lynd, Lee R ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose degradation; Histidine kinase; L Forms; Metabolic shutdown; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPOROGENESIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; PROTEIN KINASES; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84902967919     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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