Primary structure and functional analysis of the soluble transducer protein HtrXI in the archaeon Halobacterium salinarium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2963-2968

  Brooun, Alexei ^a   Zhang, Weisheng ^a   Alam, Maqsudul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESTERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; DELETION MUTANT; DEMETHYLATION; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030903470     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.2963-2968.1997     Document Type: Article

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