Switching of flagellar motility in Helicobacter pylori by reversible length variation of a short homopolymeric sequence repeat in fliP, a gene encoding a basal body protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 4598-4603

  Josenhans, Christine ^a,b   Eaton, Kathryn A ^c   Thevenot, Tracy ^c   Suerbaum, Sebastian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL MOTILITY; CENTRIOLE; FLAGELLUM; GASTRITIS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ULCER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLAGELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTAGENESIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033915316     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.8.4598-4603.2000     Document Type: Article

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