Mutations in fliK and flhB affecting flagellar hook and filament assembly in Salmonella typhimurium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2960-2970

  Williams, Andrew W ^a,e   Yamaguchi, Shigeru ^b   Togashi, Fumiko ^c   Aizawa, Shin Ichi ^d   Kawagishi, Ikuro ^a,f   Macnab, Robert M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLAGELLUM; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MAPPING; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029989240     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.10.2960-2970.1996     Document Type: Article

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