FlbT couples flagellum assembly to gene expression in Caulobacter crescentus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 6160-6170

  Mangan, Erin K ^a,c   Malakooti, Jaleh ^b   Caballero, Anthony ^b   Anderson, Paul ^a   Ely, Bert ^b   Gober, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALIA; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032870061     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.6160-6170.1999     Document Type: Article

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