Rhizobium leguminosarum contains a group of genes that appear to code for methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1945-1956

  Yost, Christopher K ^a   Rochepeau, Patrice ^a   Hynes, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Rhizobia; Sensory proteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEMOTAXIS; COSMID; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0031874969     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-7-1945     Document Type: Article

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