TlpC, a novel chemotaxis protein in Rhodobacter sphaeroides, localizes to a discrete region in the cytoplasm

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1211-1221

  Wadhams, G H ^a   Martin, A C ^a   Porter, S L ^a   Maddock, J R ^b   Mantotta, J C ^a   King, H M ^a   Armitage, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TLPC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; TLPC PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOPLASM; GENE DELETION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0036885987     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03252.x     Document Type: Article

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