fleN, a gene that regulates flagellar number in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 357-364

  Dasgupta, Nandini ^a   Arora, Shiwani K ^a   Ramphal, Reuben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENTAMICIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLAGELLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOFTWARE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0033987999     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.2.357-364.2000     Document Type: Article

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