A nonswarming mutant of Proteus mirabilis lacks the Lrp global transcriptional regulator

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 4741-4746

  Hay, Nicole A ^a   Tipper, Donald J ^a,b   Gygi, Daniel ^a   Hughes, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 0030838032     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.15.4741-4746.1997     Document Type: Article

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