The conserved flaF gene has a critical role in coupling flagellin translation and assembly in Caulobacter crescentus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1127-1142

  Llewellyn, Midge ^a   Dutton, Rachel J ^a,b   Easter, Jesse ^a   O'Donnol, Danielle ^a   Gober, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; MESSENGER RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAF GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 23744508980     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04745.x     Document Type: Article

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