Signal transduction in bacteria: Molecular mechanisms of stimulus-response coupling

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 160-169

  Goudreau, Paul N ^a   Stock, Ann M ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032034821     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80006-4     Document Type: Article

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