Protein mobility in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 197-203

  Elowitz, Michael B ^a,b   Surette, Michael G ^a,c   Wolf, Pierre Etienne ^a,d   Stock, Jeffry B ^a   Leibler, Stanislas ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lewis Thomas Lab   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032900409     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.1.197-203.1999     Document Type: Article

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