Comparative Genomic and Protein Sequence Analyses of a Complex System Controlling Bacterial Chemotaxis

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 422, Issue , 2007, Pages 3-

  Wuichet, Kristin ^a   Alexander, Roger P ^a   Zhulin, Igor B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEA KINASE; CHEB PROTEIN; CHEC PROTEIN; CHED PROTEIN; CHER PROTEIN; CHEX PROTEIN; CHEY PROTEIN; CHEZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINFORMATICS; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34447096208     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(06)22001-9     Document Type: Chapter

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