Unique regulation of carbohydrate chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis by the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system and the methyl- accepting chemotaxis protein McpC

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4475-4480

  Garrity, Liam F ^a   Schiel, Stacey L ^a   Merrill, Ronald ^a   Reizer, Jonathan ^b   Saier Jr , Milton H ^b   Ordal, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHEMOTACTIC PEPTIDE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHEMOTAXIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIGRATION INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031750695     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4475-4480.1998     Document Type: Article

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