Regulation cascade of flagellar expression in Gram-negative bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 505-523

  Soutourina, Olga A ^a   Bertin, Philippe N ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental control; Hierarchical organisation; Master regulator; Polar and lateral flagellar systems

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BIOFILM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CHROMOSOMAL PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REACTOR CASCADE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141560324     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00064-0     Document Type: Review

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