New classes of mutants in complementary chromatic adaptation provide evidence for a novel four-step phosphorelay system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3914-3921

  Kehoe, David M ^a   Grossman, Arthur R ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COLOR; CYANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030912553     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.12.3914-3921.1997     Document Type: Article

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