A signal transducer for aerotaxis in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4075-4079

  Bibikov, Sergei I ^a   Biran, Roy ^a   Rudd, Kenneth E ^b   Parkinson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMORECEPTOR; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030925238     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.12.4075-4079.1997     Document Type: Article

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