Changing the specificity of a bacterial chemoreceptor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 355, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 923-932

  Derr, Paige ^a   Boder, Eric ^a,b   Goulian, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chemoreceptor; Proteins; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; TAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMORECEPTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN VARIANT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 29444451565     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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