Cellular stoichiometry of the chemotaxis proteins in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3220-3227

  Cannistraro, Vincent J ^a   Glekas, George D ^a   Rao, Christopher V ^b   Ordal, George W ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEA KINASE; CHEB PROTEIN; CHEC PROTEIN; CHED PROTEIN; CHEMOTAXIN; CHER PROTEIN; CHEV PROTEIN; CHEW PROTEIN; CHEY PROTEIN; CYTOPLASMIC RECEPTOR; DIMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79959338646     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01255-10     Document Type: Article

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