The alternative sigma factor σ28 of the extreme thermophile Aquifex aeolicus restores motility to an Escherichia coli fliA mutant

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-107

  Studholme, David J ^a   Buck, Martin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flagellum; FliA; Hyperthermophile; Motility; RNA polymerase; Sigma 28 factor

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLIN; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERATURE;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TREPONEMA MALTOPHILUM; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0034307951     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00378-5     Document Type: Article

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