Protein-protein interactions in the chemotaxis signalling pathway of Treponema denticola

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1801-1807

  Sim, Jee Hyun ^a   Shi, Wenyuan ^a   Lux, Renate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEA KINASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CHEC; PROTEIN CHEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENTEROBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETES; SPIROCHAETES (CLASS); TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

EID: 21344450772     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27622-0     Document Type: Article

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