Functional Organization of a Multimodular Bacterial Chemosensory Apparatus

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Moine, Audrey ^a   Agrebi, Rym ^a   Espinosa, Leon ^a   Kirby, John R ^b   Zusman, David R ^c   Mignot, Tam ^a   Mauriello, Emilia M F ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEA KINASE; CHEB PROTEIN; CHER PROTEIN; CHEW PROTEIN; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEA GENE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSORY SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENOMICS; IN VIVO STUDY; MCP GENE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; BIOFILM; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOFILMS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84897463421     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004164     Document Type: Article

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