Vibrio parahaemolyticus FlaJ, a homologue of FliS, is required for production of a flagellin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-149

  Stewart, Bonnie J ^a   McCarter, Linda L ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COSMIDS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0029918433     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02496.x     Document Type: Article

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