Molecular characterization of a chemotaxis operon in the oral spirochete, Treponema denticola

Gene

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-68

  Greene, S R ^a   Stamm, L V ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Motility; Periodontal disease; Phylogenetic analysis; Signal transduction system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHEMOTAXIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033577832     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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