Spatiotemporal modelling of CheY complexes in Escherichia coli chemotaxis

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 40-46

  Tindall, M J ^a,b   Porter, S L ^c   Wadhams, G H ^c   Maini, P K ^b,c   Armitage, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial chemotaxis; Complex formation; Phosphotransfer; Signal transduction; Spatiotemporal mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; METHYL-ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TIME;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 71549115738     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2009.06.005     Document Type: Review

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