Analysis of the polar flagellar gene system of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3693-3704

  Kim, Yun Kyeong ^a   McCarter, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHEMOTAXIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0034046746     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3693-3704.2000     Document Type: Article

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