Comparison in vitro of a high- and a low-abundance chemoreceptor of Escherichia coli: Similar kinase activation but different methyl-accepting activities

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6713-6718

  Barnakov, Alexander N ^a   Barnakova, Ludmila A ^a   Hazelbauer, Gerald L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032444115     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6713-6718.1998     Document Type: Article

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