Characterization of Proteus mirabilis precocious swarming mutants: Identification of rsbA, encoding a regulator of swarming behavior

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6126-6139

  Belas, Robert ^a   Schneider, Rachel ^a   Melch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 0031785679     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.180.23.6126-6139.1998     Document Type: Article

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