Inorganic polyphosphate is required for motility of bacterial pathogens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 225-227

  Rashid, M Harunur ^a   Rao, Narayana N ^a   Kornberg, Arthur ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0033988481     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.1.225-227.2000     Document Type: Article

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