Three genes of a motility operon and their role in flagellar rotary speed variation in Rhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6391-6399

  Platzer, Josef ^a   Sterr, Werner ^a   Hausmann, Martin ^a   Schmitt, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030769461     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.20.6391-6399.1997     Document Type: Article

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