Chemotaxis signaling protein CheY binds to the rotor protein FliN to control the direction of flagellar rotation in Escherichia coli

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

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 9370-9375

  Sarkar, Mayukh K ^a   Paul, Koushik ^a   Blair, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell motility; Molecular motors; Signal transduction; Switching

Indexed keywords

CHEY PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CHEMOTAXIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROTATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; ROTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77952679686     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000935107     Document Type: Article

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