Site-specific methylation in Bacillus subtilis chemotaxis: Effect of covalent modifications to the chemotaxis receptor McpB

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-65

  Glekas, George D ^a   Cates, Joseph R ^a   Cohen, Theodore M ^a   Rao, Christopher V ^a   Ordal, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; CHEA KINASE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; PROTEIN MCPB; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ASSAY; CHEMOTAXIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ASPARAGINE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650739866     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.044685-0     Document Type: Article

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