A bifunctional kinase-phosphatase in bacterial chemotaxis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 18531-18536

  Porter, Steven L ^a   Roberts, Mark A J ^a   Manning, Cerys S ^a   Armitage, Judith P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Histidine protein kinase; Response regulator; Rhodobacter sphaeroides; Signal termination; Two component

Indexed keywords

CHEA 3 PROTEIN; CHEA KINASE; CHEY 6 PROTEIN; CHEY PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

CHEMOTAXIS; DIMERIZATION; KINETICS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 57449097588     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808010105     Document Type: Article

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