A flagellar gene cluster from the oral spirochaete Treponema maltophilum

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 497-507

  Heuner, Klaus ^a   Große, Karin ^a   Schade, Rüdiger ^a   Göbel, Ulf B ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flagellar filament; fliD; Treponema maltophilum; Treponemes

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA PROBE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA MALTOPHILUM;

TREPONEMA BRENNABORENSE; TREPONEMA MALTOPHILUM;

EID: 0033962470     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-2-497     Document Type: Article

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