Molecular cloning and characterization of the Helicobacter pylori fliD gene, an essential factor in flagellar structure and motility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 6969-6976

  Kim, Jang Seong ^a   Chang, Ji Hoon ^a   Chung, Soo Il ^a   Yum, Jung Sun ^a  

^a Mogam Biotechnology Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; FEMALE; FLAGELLUM; GENE DISRUPTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0005805224     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.22.6969-6976.1999     Document Type: Article

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