Evidence for two chemosensory pathways in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1083-1096

  Hamblin, Paul A ^a,b   Maguire, Bruce A ^a,c   Grishanin, Ruslan N ^a,d   Armitage, Judith P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030662021     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.6502022.x     Document Type: Article

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