The attenuated phenotype of a Salmonella typhimurium flgM mutant is related to expression of FliC flagellin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2911-2915

  Schmitt, Clare K ^a   Darnell, Stephen C ^a   O'Brien, Alison D ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CENTRIOLE; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029935120     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.10.2911-2915.1996     Document Type: Article

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