Phenotypic Suppression Methods for Analyzing Intra- and Inter-Molecular Signaling Interactions of Chemoreceptors

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 423, Issue , 2007, Pages 436-457

  Ames, Peter ^a   Parkinson, John S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMINO ACID;

ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMORECEPTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 34250865723     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(07)23021-6     Document Type: Chapter

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