Car: A cytoplasmic sensor responsible for arginine chemotaxis in the archaeon Halobacterium salinarum

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1146-1158

  Storch, Kai Florian ^a   Rudolph, Johannes ^a,b   Oesterhelt, Dieter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GPC Biotech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiporter; Arginine deiminase; Methylaccepting chemotaxis protein; Signal transduction; Transducer

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; ARGININE; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CYSTEINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOPLASM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM;

EID: 0033104510     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.5.1146     Document Type: Article

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