The Yersinia enterocolitica motility master regulatory operon, flhDC, is required for flagellin production, swimming motility, and swarming motility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2823-2833

  Young, Glenn M ^a   Smith, Michael J ^b   Minnich, Scott A ^b   Miller, Virginia L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0032955591     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2823-2833.1999     Document Type: Article

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