Phosphorylation in halobacterial signal transduction

EMBO Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 1995, Pages 4249-4257

  Rudolph, J ^a   Tolliday, N ^a   Schmitt, C ^a   Schuster, S C ^a   Oesterhelt, D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Che A; Chemotaxis; Phototaxis; Response regulation; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM ION; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHORUS 32; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOBACTERIUM; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM;

EID: 0029117970     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb00099.x     Document Type: Article

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