Potential role of a bistable histidine kinase switch in the asymmetric division cycle of Caulobacter crescentus.

The free-living aquatic bacterium, Caulobacter crescentus, exhibits two different morphologies during its life cycle. The morphological change from swarmer cell to stalked cell is a result of changes of function of two bi-functional histidine kinases, PleC and CckA. Here, we describe a detailed mole...

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Main Authors: Kartik Subramanian, Mark R Paul, John J Tyson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3772055?pdf=render