Clustering of the chemoreceptor complex in Escherichia coli is independent of the methyltransferase CheR and the methylesterase CheB

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5527-5529

  Lybarger, Suzanne R ^a   Maddock, Janine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMORECEPTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032884359     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5527-5529.1999     Document Type: Article

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