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Jason E Gestwicki1, Laura L Kiessling

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, USA.

Nature
|January 10, 2002
PubMed
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バクテリアの化学受容体は,格子内の受容体間の通信を通じて信号を放大します. このメカニズムは,受容体クラスターを巻き込み,大腸菌のセリンのようなアトラクタントに対する感受性を著しく高めます.

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