Cloning and characterization of chemotaxis genes in pseudomonas aeruginosa

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 155-161

  Kato, Junichi ^a   Nakamura, Tetsuya ^a   Kuroda, Akio ^a   Ohtake, Hisao ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Che gene cluster; Chemotaxis; Genome mapping; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEMOTAXIS METHYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; METHYL-ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032618111     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.155     Document Type: Article

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