Common extracellular sensory domains in transmembrane receptors for diverse signal transduction pathways in Bacteria and Archaea

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 285-294

  Zhulin, Igor B ^a   Nikolskaya, Anastasia N ^b   Galperin, Michael Y ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CHEMOTAXIS AFFECTING AGENT; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CHEMOTAXIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037215715     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.1.285-294.2003     Document Type: Article

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