Expression of the structural gene, laf1, encoding the flagellin of the lateral flagella in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5017-5019

  Moens, Sara ^a   Schloter, Michael ^b   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL GENE; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029784981     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.5017-5019.1996     Document Type: Article

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