Differentiation of Serratia liquefaciens into swarm cells is controlled by the expression of the flhD master operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 554-559

  Eberl, Leo ^a   Christlansen, Gunna ^b   Molin, Søren ^a   Givskov, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA;

EID: 0030050195     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.2.554-559.1996     Document Type: Article

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