Thermostable chemotaxis proteins from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 484-489

  Swanson, Ronald V ^a,b   Sanna, M Germana ^a   Simon, Melvin I ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Recombinant BioCatalysis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0030031939     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.2.484-489.1996     Document Type: Article

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