Function of the N-terminal cap of the PAS domain in signaling by the aerotaxis receptor Aer

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2154-2162

  Watts, Kylie J ^a   Sommer, Kirsten ^a,b   Fry, Sheena L ^a   Johnson, Mark S ^a   Taylor, Barry L ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DIMER; OXYGEN; PROTEIN AER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROTAXIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CODON, NONSENSE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOVEMENT; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33644854244     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.6.2154-2162.2006     Document Type: Article

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