CheZ phosphatase localizes to chemoreceptor patches via CheA-short

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2354-2361

  Cantwell, Brian J ^a   Draheim, Roger R ^a   Weart, Richard B ^a,c   Nguyen, Cameran ^a   Stewart, Richard C ^b   Manson, Michael D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEA PHOSPHATASE; CHEZ PHOSPHATASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037379475     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.7.2354-2361.2003     Document Type: Article

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