Evolutionary Remodeling of Bacterial Motility Checkpoint Control

Cell Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 866-877

  Ni, Bin ^a   Ghosh, Bhaswar ^a   Paldy, Ferencz S ^b   Colin, Remy ^a   Heimerl, Thomas ^a   Sourjik, Victor ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

adaptation; bacteria; bow tie; evolution; flagella; microorganisms; network; optimization; selection; sigma factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MOTILITY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; UPREGULATION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMOTAXIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FLGM PROTEIN, BACTERIA; FLHC PROTEIN, E COLI; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORULATION-SPECIFIC SIGMA FACTORS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 85010430614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.12.088     Document Type: Article

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