Role of eukaryotic-like serine/threonine kinases in bacterial cell division and morphogenesis

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-56

  Manuse, Sylvie ^a   Fleurie, Aurore ^a   Zucchini, Laure ^a   Lesterlin, Christian ^a   Grangeasse, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Bacterial cell division and morphogenesis; Firmicutes; PASTA motifs; Protein kinase; Protein phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FIRMICUTES; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; FIRMICUTES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84962034257     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv041     Document Type: Review

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