Location and architecture of the Caulobacter crescentus chemoreceptor array

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-41

  Briegel, Ariane ^b   Ding, H Jane ^b   Li, Zhuo ^b   Werner, John ^c   Gitai, Zemer ^c   Dias, D Prabha ^b   Jensen, Rasmus B ^a,d   Jensen, Grant J ^b  

^a LEO PHARMA A S   (Denmark)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHEMORECEPTORS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 45149093047     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06219.x     Document Type: Article

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