Flagellin gene fliC of Xanthomonas campestris is upregulated by transcription factor Clp

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 307, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 647-652

  Lee, Mong Chuan ^a   Weng, Shu Fen ^a   Tseng, Yi Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flagellin; Motility; Transcription factor Clp; Virulence

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLATE; FLEQ GENE; FLIC GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0042170415     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01223-3     Document Type: Article

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