Nahy, a catabolic plasmid-encoded receptor required for chemotaxis of pseudomonas putida to the aromatic hydrocarbon naphthalene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3310-3316

  Grimm, Ann C ^a,b   Harwood, Caroline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NAPHTHALENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATABOLISM; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0032942360     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3310-3316.1999     Document Type: Article

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