Functional analysis of nine putative chemoreceptor proteins in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1816-1826

  Meier, Veronika M ^a   Muschler, Paul ^a,b   Scharf, Birgit E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Promega GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEMORECEPTOR PROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN ICPA; PROTEIN MCPS; PROTEIN MCPV; PROTEIN MCPX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHEMOKINESIS; CHEMOREACTIVITY; MCPU GENE; MCPX GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RECEPTOR GENE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMOTAXIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOVEMENT; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33947396825     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00883-06     Document Type: Article

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