Spatial and temporal organization of the E. coli PTS components

EMBO Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 3630-3645

  Lopian, Livnat ^a   Elisha, Yair ^a   Nussbaum Shochat, Anat ^a   Amster Choder, Orna ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

bacterial polarity; bacterial sensory systems; cell poles; subcellular localization of proteins; transcription antitermination

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSIDE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE E1; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE HPR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BG1F; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BG1G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUCOSIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPERON; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (NITROGENOUS GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78149280885     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.240     Document Type: Article

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