Cloning and characterization of the Helicobacter pylori flbA gene, which codes for a membrane protein involved in coordinated expression of flagellar genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 987-997

  Schmitz, André ^a   Josenhans, Christine ^a   Suerbaum, Sebastian ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; FLAGELLUM; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOMACH MUCOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031039252     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.987-997.1997     Document Type: Article

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