Importance of multiple methylation sites in Escherichia coli chemotaxis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Krembel, Anna ^a   Colin, Remy ^b   Sourjik, Victor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; TAR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; TAR PROTEIN, E COLI;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METHYLATION; QUORUM SENSING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHEMOTAXIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 84956692478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145582     Document Type: Article

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