Inversion of thermosensing property of the bacterial receptor Tar by mutations in the second transmembrane region

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1275-1284

  Nishiyama, So Ichiro ^a   Maruyama, Ichiro N ^b   Homma, Michio ^a   Kawagishi, Ikuro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartate receptor; Chemotaxis; Methylation; Temperature; Thermotaxis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMORECEPTOR;

EID: 0033548704     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2555     Document Type: Article

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