Helicobacter pylori flagellar hook-filament transition is controlled by a FliK functional homolog encoded by the gene HP0906

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 5742-5750

  Ryan, Kieran A ^a   Karim, Najma ^b   Worku, Mulugeta ^b   Penn, Charles W ^c   O'Toole, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLAGELLIN; FLGE PROTEIN; FLIK PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOGENESIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAA GENE; FLAB GENE; FLGE GENE; FLGM GENE; FLHA GENE; FLID GENE; FLIK GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HP0906 GENE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULON; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENTERIC BACTERIA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 20644467446     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.16.5742-5750.2005     Document Type: Article

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