High- and low-abundance chemoreceptors in Escherichia coli: Differential activities associated with closely related cytoplasmic domains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6714-6720

  Feng, Xiuhong ^a   Baumgartner, James W ^a,b   Hazelbauer, Gerald L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMORECEPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030660403     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6714-6720.1997     Document Type: Article

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