Role of integration host factor in the transcriptional activation of flagellar gene expression in Caulobacter crescentus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 949-960

  Muir, Rachel E ^a,b   Gober, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; PROTEIN FLBD; PROTEIN FLJL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; FLAGELLA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 13244265503     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.3.949-960.2005     Document Type: Article

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