Cellular stoichiometry of the components of the chemotaxis signaling complex

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3687-3694

  Li, Mingshan ^a   Hazelbauer, Gerald L ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEA KINASE; CHEW PROTEIN; DIMER; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CHEB; PROTEIN CHER; PROTEIN CHEY; PROTEIN CHEZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MOTION; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; STOICHIOMETRY; WILD TYPE;

CHEMORECEPTORS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2942610579     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.12.3687-3694.2004     Document Type: Article

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