Posttranscriptional regulation of Caulobacter flagellin genes by a late flagellum assembly checkpoint

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2281-2288

  Anderson, D Karl ^a,b   Newton, Austin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER; CELL CYCLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DELETION MUTANT; DNA REPLICATION; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 0030975544     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2281-2288.1997     Document Type: Article

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