Functional analysis of the roles of FliQ and FlhB in flagellar expression in Helicobacter pylori

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-39

  Foynes, Susan ^a   Dorrell, Nick ^a   Ward, Stephen J ^a,c   Zhang, Zun W ^a   McColm, Andy A ^b   Farthing, Mike J G ^a   Wren, Brendan W ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flagellar biosynthesis; flhB; fliQ; Helicobacter pylori; Isogenic mutant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLAGELLUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION;

EID: 0032900244     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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