Molecular evolution of the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of a superfamily of bacterial receptors involved in taxis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 568-585

  Le Moual, Hervé ^a   Koshland Jr , Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial receptors; Chemotaxis; Methylation; Phylogeny; Transmembrane signalling

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030606898     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0483     Document Type: Article

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