Bacterial Signal Transduction: Networks and Drug Targets (eBook)

Introduction to bacterial signal transduction networks.- The PhoQ/PhoP Regulatory Network of Salmonella enterica.- Structural Basis of the Signal Transduction in the Two-Component System.- The two-component network and the general stres sigma factor RpoS (sS) in Escherichia coli.- Small RNAs Controled by Two-Component Systems.- Two-Component Signaling and Gram Negative Envelope Stres Response Systems.- Dual Regulation with Ser/Thr Kinase Cascade and a His/Asp TCS in Myxococcus xanthus.- Two-Component Signaling Systems and Cel Cycle Control in Caulobacter crescentus.- Reg B/Reg A, A Global Redox -Responding Two-Component System.- The BvgS/BvgA Phosphorelay System of Pat hogenic Bordetellae: Structure, Function and Evolution.- Capturing the VirA/VirG TCS of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.- Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation by Streptococcus mutans.- The Roles of Two-Component Systems in Virulence of Pat hogenic Escherichia coli and Shigella spp.- Vancomycin Resistance VanS/VanR Two-Component Systems.- Tearing Down the Wall : Peptidoglycan Metabolism and the WalK /Wal R (YycG/YycF) Essential Two-Component System.-Inhibitors Targeting Two-Component Signal Transduction.-