Stimulus response coupling in bacterial chemotaxis: Receptor dimers in signalling arrays

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 459-466

  Levit, Mikhail N ^a   Liu, Yi ^b   Stock, Jeffry B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Small Molecule Therapeutics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031767491     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01066.x     Document Type: Review

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