A mechanism for simultaneous sensing of aspartate and maltose by the Tar chemoreceptor of Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1147-1154

  Gardina, Paul J ^a   Bormans, Arjan F ^a   Manson, Michael D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGAND; MALTOSE; TAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASPARTIC ACID; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MALTOSE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031662219     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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