The third chemotaxis locus of Rhodobacter sphaeroides is essential for chemotaxis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1081-1094

  Porter, Steven L ^a   Warren, Anna V ^a   Martin, Angela C ^a   Armitage, Judith P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEA KINASE; CHEW PROTEIN; PROTEIN CHEB; PROTEIN CHER; PROTEIN CHEY; PROTEIN SOJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0036433477     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03218.x     Document Type: Article

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