Functions of bacterial flagella

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-100

  Moens, Sara ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

adhesion; bacteria; flagella; motility; virulence

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; FLAGELLIN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; FLAGELLUM; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0029893229     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408419609106456     Document Type: Review

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