The diverse CheC-type phosphatases: Chemotaxis and beyond

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1054-1061

  Muff, Travis J ^a,b   Ordal, George W ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN CHEC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HALOBACTERIA;

EID: 55349099166     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06482.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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