Feedback Control of Two-Component Regulatory Systems

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 103-124

  Groisman, Eduardo A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression dynamics; Phosphorylation; Signal access; Transcription surge

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TWO COMPONENT REGULATORY SYSTEM; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL FEEDBACK;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84986540400     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-102215-095331     Document Type: Article

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