Cloning and characterization of the Flavobacterium johnsoniae gliding- motility genes gldB and gldC

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 911-918

  Hunnicutt, David W ^a   McBride, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CILIARY MOTILITY; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CELL FRACTIONATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COSMIDS; CYTOPHAGA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; POINT MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033978998     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.911-918.2000     Document Type: Article

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