Receptor-mediated protein kinase activation and the mechanism of transmembrane signaling in bacterial chemotaxis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7231-7240

  Liu, Yi ^a   Levit, Mikhail ^a   Lurz, Rudi ^b   Surette, Michael G ^c   Stock, Jeffry B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMOTAXIS; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN KINASES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031449028     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.24.7231     Document Type: Article

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