Collaborative signaling by bacterial chemoreceptors

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-121

  Parkinson, John S ^a   Ames, Peter ^a   Studdert, Claudia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MONOMER; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMOTAXIS; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 15744376062     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2005.02.008     Document Type: Review

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