Analysis of a chemotaxis operon from Rhodospirillum centenum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5712-5719

  Jiang, Ze Yu ^a   Bauer, Carl E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RHODOSPIRILLUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRILLUM CENTENUM;

EID: 0030884924     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5712-5719.1997     Document Type: Article

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