The superfamily of chemotaxis transducers: From physiology to genomics and back

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2001, Pages 157-198

  Zhulin, Igor B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM PILUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHEMOTAXIS; CILIARY MOTILITY; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SALMONELLA; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034964703     PISSN: 00652911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2911(01)45004-1     Document Type: Review

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