CheX is a phosphorylated CheY phosphatase essential for Borrelia burgdorferi chemotaxis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 7963-7969

  Motaleb, M A ^a   Miller, Michael R ^a   Li, Chunhao ^a   Bakker, Richard G ^a   Goldstein, Stuart F ^b   Silversmith, Ruth E ^c   Bourret, Robert B ^c   Charon, Nyles W ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEC PROTEIN; CHEX PROTEIN; CHEY P PHOSPHATASE; CHEY PHOSPHATASE; CHEZ PROTEIN; FLIY PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE INACTIVATION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHEMOTAXIS; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 28044460791     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.23.7963-7969.2005     Document Type: Article

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