Simulated diffusion of phosphorylated CheY through the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-53

  Lipkow, Karen ^a   Andrews, Steven S ^b   Bray, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CHEY; PROTEIN CHEZ; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 11144264728     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.1.45-53.2005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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