Bacterial (intramembrane-sensing) histidine kinases: Signal transfer rather than stimulus perception

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 559-565

  Mascher, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Histidine kinase; Signal transduction; Stimulus perception; Two component system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BCES LIKE INTRAMEMBRANE SENSING HISTIDINE KINASE; EXTRACYTOPLASMIC SENSING HISTIDINE KINASE; INTRAMEMBRANE SENSING HISTIDINE KINASE; LIAS LIKE INTRAMEMBRANE SENSING HISTIDINE KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; TRANSMEMBRANE SENSING HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL TWO COMPONENT SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HISTIDINE KINASE ADENYLATE CYCLASE METHYL ACCEPTING PROTEIN AND PHOSPHATASE DOMAIN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PER ARNT SIM DOMAIN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIGNALING HELIX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84908510408     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.05.006     Document Type: Review

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