Phosphorylation Assays of Chemotaxis Two-Component System Proteins in Borrelia burgdorferi

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 422, Issue , 2007, Pages 438-447

  Motaleb, Md A ^a   Miller, Michael R ^a   Li, Chunhao ^a   Charon, Nyles W ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHEA KINASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 34447107130     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(06)22022-6     Document Type: Chapter

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