Motility of Helicobacter priori is coordinately regulated by the transcriptional activator FlgR, an NtrC homolog

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 593-599

  Spohn, Gunther ^a   Scarlato, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENHANCER REGION; FLAGELLUM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTAGENESIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032589796     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.2.593-599.1999     Document Type: Article

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