Receptor clustering as a cellular mechanism to control sensitivity

Nature

Volumn 393, Issue 6680, 1998, Pages 85-88

  Bray, Dennis ^a   Levin, Matthew D ^a   Morton Firth, Carl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTOR AGGREGATION; RECEPTORS, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032492852     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/30018     Document Type: Article

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