Paralogous chemoreceptors mediate chemotaxis towards protein amino acids and the non-protein amino acid gamma-aminobutyrate (GABA)

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1230-1243

  Rico Jiménez, Miriam ^a   Muñoz Martínez, Francisco ^a   García Fontana, Cristina ^a   Fernandez, Matilde ^b   Morel, Bertrand ^c   Ortega, Álvaro ^a   Ramos, Juan Luis ^a   Krell, Tino ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Bio Iliberis R and D   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; PROTEIN CITA; PROTEIN DCUS; PROTEIN PCTA; PROTEIN PCTB; PROTEIN PCTC; PROTEIN PHOQ; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHEMOTAXIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GENE MUTATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; LIGAND BINDING; LIGAND BINDING REGION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84879015652     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12255     Document Type: Article

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