Chemotaxis receptors: A progress report on structure and function

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 257-275

  Mowbray, Sherry L ^a   Sandgren, Mats O J ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial proteins; Chemotaxis; Periplasmic binding proteins; Receptor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0032463744     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.4043     Document Type: Article

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