Rapid turnover of FlhD and FlhC, the flagellar regulon transcriptional activator proteins, during Proteus swarming

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 833-836

  Claret, Laurent ^a   Hughes, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HALF LIFE TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEUS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0033985117     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.3.833-836.2000     Document Type: Article

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