Interactions of the chemotaxis signal protein CheY with bacterial flagellar motors visualized by evanescent wave microscopy

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 927-930

  Khan, Shahid ^a   Pierce, Daniel ^b   Vale, Ronald D ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0343006847     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00629-1     Document Type: Article

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