A motile but non-swarming mutant of Proteus mirabilis lacks FlgN, a facilitator of flagella filament assembly

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 597-604

  Gygi, Daniel ^a   Fraser, Gillian ^a   Dufour, Alain ^a   Hughes, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLAGELLUM; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 0030867834     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.5021862.x     Document Type: Article

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