Bacterial signaling and motility: Sure bets

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1849-1856

  Belas, Robert ^a   Zhulin, Igor B ^b   Yang, Zhaomin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Oak Ridge National Laboratory   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANODISC;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MOTILITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPHAGA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; FOCAL ADHESION; LOCOMOTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC, GLIDING, SHEATHED, BUDDING OR APPENDAGED BACTERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSDUCER;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAGELLA; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 40449137123     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01943-07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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