In vivo and in vitro characterization of Escherichia coli protein CheZ gain- and loss-of-function mutants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6275-6280

  Sanna, M Germana ^a,b   Simon, Melvin I ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029952985     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6275-6280.1996     Document Type: Article

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