Conversion of a bacterial warm sensor to a cold sensor by methylation of a single residue in the presence of an attractant

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 357-365

  Nishiyama, So Ichiro ^b   Umemura, Tohru ^a   Nara, Toshifumi ^c   Homma, Michio ^a   Kawagishi, Ikuro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESTERASE; METHYLESTERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMORECEPTOR;

EID: 0345677855     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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