Bacterial chemoreceptors and chemoeffectors

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 691-708

  Bi, Shuangyu ^a,c   Lai, Luhua ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotactic response; Ligand; Molecular mechanism; Receptor; Receptor design

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONIST; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CHEMOEFFECTOR; CHEMOREPELLENT; CHEMOTAXIS AFFECTING AGENT; CHEMOTAXIS INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BACTERIAL CHEMORECEPTOR; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHEMISTRY; CHEMORECEPTOR CELL; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; CHEMOTAXIS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84925492168     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1770-5     Document Type: Review

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