Modeling chemotaxis reveals the role of reversed phosphotransfer and a Bi-functional kinase-phosphatase

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Tindall, Marcus J ^a,b   Porter, Steven L ^c,d   Maini, Philip K ^a,c   Armitage, Judith P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS; BI-FUNCTIONAL; CHEMOTAXI; HISTIDINE PROTEIN KINASE; LIVING CELL; PHOSPHO-TRANSFER; PROTEIN RESPONSE; RESPONSE REGULATORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS; TWO-COMPONENT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PHOSPHATASES;

CHEA KINASE; CHEA KINASE 2; CHEA KINASE 3; CHEA KINASE 4; CHEB KINASE 2; CHEY PROTEIN; CHEY PROTEIN 6; PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLAGELLUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 78049447444     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000896     Document Type: Article

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