Biochemical study of multiple CheY response regulators of the chemotactic pathway of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 5172-5177

  Ferré, Axelle ^a   De La Mora, Javier ^a   Ballado, Teresa ^a   Camarena, Laura ^b   Dreyfus, Georges ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 3242805981     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.15.5172-5177.2004     Document Type: Article

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