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Classifying chemoreceptors: quantity versus quality
Author(s) -
Underbakke Eric S,
Kiessling Laura L
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1038/emboj.2010.246
Subject(s) - library science , biology , computer science
This issue of The EMBO Journal features significant novel insight into bacterial chemotaxis. Work from the Sourjik lab reveals that chemoeffectors should be grouped into direct or indirect receptor binders. They also report that distinct functional properties associate with this binding mechanism.