The expression of the flagellum of Legionella pneumophila is modulated by different environmental factors

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-77

  Heuner, Klaus ^a,b   Brand, Bettina C ^a   Hacker, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental factor; flaA expression; Legionella pneumophila; Reporter gene

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; FLAGELLUM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GROWTH CURVE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACIDS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUCIFERASES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 0033064750     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00160-3     Document Type: Article

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