Coexpression of the long and short forms of CheA, the chemotaxis histidine kinase, by members of the family Enterobacteriaceae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1813-1818

  McNamara, Barry P ^a   Wolfe, Alan J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031039355     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1813-1818.1997     Document Type: Article

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