An extreme clockwise switch bias mutation in fliG of Salmonella typhimurium and its suppression by slow-motile mutations in motA and motB

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2994-3003

  Togashi, Fumiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Shigeru ^b   Kihara, May ^c   Aizawa, Shin Ichi ^d   Macnab, Robert M ^c,d  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; FLAGELLUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; ROTATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030955083     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.2994-3003.1997     Document Type: Article

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