Quantitative analysis of aspartate receptor signaling complex reveals that the homogeneous two-state model is inadequate: Development of a heterogeneous two-state model

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 326, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1597-1614

  Bornhorst, Joshua A ^a   Falke, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial chemotaxis; CheA; Covalent modification; Receptor adaptation; Two state model

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE RECEPTOR; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037424604     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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