Chemosensory signaling systems that control bacterial survival

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 389-398

  He, Kuang ^a   Bauer, Carl E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial survival; Biofilm; Chemotaxis like signal transduction systems; Cyst formation; Phosphate flow

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CHE1 GENE; CHE3 GENE; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RHODOSPIRILLUM CENTENUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM; DANGEROUS GOODS; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

DANGEROUS GOODS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84903612643     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.04.004     Document Type: Review

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