First evidence for gene replacement in Leptospira spp. Inactivation of L. biflexa flaB results in non-motile mutants deficient in endoflagella

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 189-199

  Picardeau, M ^a   Brenot, A ^a   Saint Girons, I ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; KANAMYCIN; PROTEIN FLAB; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRACHYSPIRA; CELL MOTILITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPORATION; FLAGELLUM; GENE INACTIVATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUICIDE GENE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FLAGELLIN; LEPTOSPIRA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; SPIROCHAETES; SUS SCROFA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0035050686     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02374.x     Document Type: Article

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