Enhanced function conferred on low-abundance chemoreceptor trg by a methyltransferase-docking site

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3164-3171

  Feng, Xiuhong ^a   Lilly, Angela A ^a   Hazelbauer, Gerald L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032934567     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3164-3171.1999     Document Type: Article

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