Roles of the histidine protein kinase pleC in Caulobacter crescentus motility and chemotaxis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5849-5853

  Burton, George J ^a   Hecht, Gregory B ^a,b   Newton, Austin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DIVISION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 0030882939     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5849-5853.1997     Document Type: Article

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