Methylation-independent aerotaxis mediated by the Escherichia coli Aer protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3730-3737

  Bibikov, Sergei I ^a,b   Miller, Andrew C ^a,c   Gosink, Khoosheh K ^a   Parkinson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b EMD Biosciences Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN AER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BEHAVIOR; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOREACTIVITY; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2942545825     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.12.3730-3737.2004     Document Type: Article

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