Structure and expression of the fliA operon of Salmonella typhimurium

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1389-1396

  Ikebe, Tadayoshi ^a   Iyoda, Sunao ^a,b   Kutsukake, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flagellum specific sigma factor; Gene disruption; In vitro transcription; Primer extension; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032983097     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-6-1389     Document Type: Article

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