Response regulator output in bacterial chemotaxis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 4238-4248

  Alon, Uri ^a   Camarena, Laura ^b   Surette, Michael G ^c   Aguera Y Arcas, Blaise ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Leibler, Stanislas ^a   Stock, Jeffry B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial swimming; Escherichia coli; Image analysis; P CheY

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032480007     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.15.4238     Document Type: Article

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