Lateral flagellar gene system of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 4508-4518

  Stewart, Bonnie J ^a   McCarter, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LAFK PROTEIN; MOTY LIKE PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM LATERAL FLAGELLUM GENE SYSTEM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRANSPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLHDC GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LAF GENE; LUX GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMER EXTENSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; REGULATOR GENE; REGULON; REPORTER GENE; SALMONELLA; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; TRANSPOSONS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0038105066     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.15.4508-4518.2003     Document Type: Article

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