The N terminus of the flagellar switch protein, FliM, is the binding domain for the chemotactic response regulator, CheY

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 507-514

  Bren, Anat ^a   Eisenbach, Michael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacterial chemotaxis; Flagellar switch; Response regulator; Signal transduction; Two component regulatory system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEMOTAXIS AFFECTING AGENT; MUTANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032496388     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1730     Document Type: Editorial

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