The Helicobacter pylori flaA1 and wbpB Genes Control Lipopolysaccharide and Flagellum Synthesis and Function

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2253-2265

  Merkx Jacques, A ^a   Obhi, R K ^a   Bethune, G ^a   Creuzenet, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; DNA; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FLAGELLIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; O ANTIGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN; RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLYCOSYLATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDRO-LYASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1842611505     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.8.2253-2265.2004     Document Type: Article

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