Mapping of 41 chemotaxis, flagellar and motility genes to a single region of the Sinorhizobium meliloti chromosome

Gene

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 283-290

  Sourjik, Victor ^a   Sterr, Werner ^a   Platzer, Josef ^a   Bos, Ineke ^a   Haslbeck, Martin ^a   Schmitt, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene cluster; Operon; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLAGELLUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CHEMOTAXIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FLAGELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032570028     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00160-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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