Structural and genetic analysis of a mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides WS8 deficient in hook length control

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6581-6588

  González Pedrajo, Bertha ^a   Ballado, Teresa ^a   Campos, Andrés ^a   Sockett, R Elizabeth ^a,b   Camarena, Laura ^a,c   Dreyfus, Georges ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; FLAGELLUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030681274     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6581-6588.1997     Document Type: Article

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