Adaptational assistance in clusters of bacterial chemoreceptors

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1617-1626

  Li, Mingshan ^a   Hazelbauer, Gerald L ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TAR; PROTEIN TRG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; DEMETHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE VESICLE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 20344372661     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04641.x     Document Type: Article

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