PAS domain containing chemoreceptor couples dynamic changes in metabolism with chemotaxis

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

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2235-2240

  Xie, Zhihong ^a,d   Ulrich, Luke E ^a,b   Zhulin, Igor B ^b,c   Alexandre, Gladys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Agile Genomics LLC   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FAD; Nitrogen fixation; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AERC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE;

EID: 76649086069     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910055107     Document Type: Article

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