Re-examination of the role of the periplasmic domain of EnvZ in sensing of osmolarity signals in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 405-413

  Leonardo, Michael R ^a   Forst, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029853063     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.1271487.x     Document Type: Article

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