Analysis of the Frz signal transduction system of Myxococcus xanthus shows the importance of the conserved C-terminal region of the cytoplasmic chemoreceptor FrzCD in sensing signals

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1501-1513

  Bustamante, Víctor H ^a,b   Martínez Flores, Irma ^a   Vlamakis, Hera C ^a   Zusman, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEA KINASE; CHEB PROTEIN; CHER PROTEIN; CHEW PROTEIN; CHEY PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN FRZCD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MOTION; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOPLASM; DELETION MUTANT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PENTANOLS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4444351651     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04221.x     Document Type: Article

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