Characterization of a large motility gene cluster containing the cheR, motAB genes of Listeria monocytogenes and evidence that PrfA downregulates motility genes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-347

  Michel, E ^a,c   Mengaud, J ^a   Galsworthy, S ^b   Cossart, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; cheR; Flagellum; Listeria monocytogenes; motAB; Motility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; FLAGELLUM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032466683     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00498-4     Document Type: Article

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