Flavobacterium johnsoniae GldH Is a Lipoprotein that Is Required for Gliding Motility and Chitin Utilization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6648-6657

  McBride, Mark J ^a   Braun, Timothy F ^a   Brust, Jessica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHITIN; DNA; GLDB LIPOPROTEIN; GLDD LIPOPROTEIN; GLDH LIPOPROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIPOPROTEIN; PALMITIC ACID; RNA; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL MOTILITY; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; FTSX GENE; GLDA GENE; GLDB GENE; GLDD GENE; GLDF GENE; GLDG GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHITIN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; CYTOPHAGA; CYTOPHAGA HUTCHINSONII; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0242407469     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6648-6657.2003     Document Type: Article

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