Transposon insertions in the Flavobacterium johnsoniae ftsX gene disrupt gliding motility and cell division

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1671-1679

  Kempf, Michael J ^a   McBride, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; M PROTEIN; POTASSIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CEPHALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MICROSPHERES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034007752     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.6.1671-1679.2000     Document Type: Article

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