Isolation and characterization of nonchemotactic CheZ mutants of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3544-3552

  Boesch, Kristin C ^a   Silversmith, Ruth E ^a   Bourret, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034119460     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.12.3544-3552.2000     Document Type: Article

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