The flgK motility operon of Borrelia burgdorferi is initiated by a σ70-like promoter

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1681-1690

  Ge, Yigong ^a   Old, Iain G ^b   Saint Girons, Isabelle ^b   Charon, Nyles W ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Flagella; Hook associated protein; Motility; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; MESSENGER RNA; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLAGELLUM; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030966584     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-5-1681     Document Type: Article

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