A census of membrane-bound and intracellular signal transduction proteins in bacteria: Bacterial IQ, extroverts and introverts

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Analysis of complete microbial genomes showed that intracellular parasites and other microorganisms that inhabit stable ecological niches encode relatively primitive signaling systems, whereas environmental microorganisms typically h...

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Main Author: Galperin Michael Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-06-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/5/35