Chemotaxis and flagellar genes of Chromobacterium violaceum

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-101

  Pereira, Maristela ^a   Parente, Juliana Alves ^a   Bataus, Luiz Artur Mendes ^a   Cardoso, Divina Das Dores De Paula ^a   Soares, Renata Bastos Ascenço ^a   Soares, Célia Maria De Almeida ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemosensory transducer protein; Chemotaxis; Chromobacterium violaceum; Methyl accepting chemotaxis proteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; METHYL-ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEA GENE; CHEB GENE; CHED GENE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CHER GENE; CHEV GENE; CHEW GENE; CHEY GENE; CHEZ GENE; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAP GENE; TAR GENE; TRG GENE; TSR GENE; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOBACTERIUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED BETA PROTEOBACTERIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CHROMOBACTERIUM; FLAGELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EID: 2542498722     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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