Flavobacterium johnsoniae gliding motility genes identified by mariner mutagenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 6943-6952

  Braun, Timothy F ^a   Khubbar, Manjeet K ^a   Saffarini, Daad A ^a   McBride, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CHITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GLDA GENE; GLDB GENE; GLDF GENE; GLDH GENE; GLDI GENE; GLDJ GENE; GLDK GENE; GLDL GENE; GLDM GENE; GLDN GENE; GLIDING MOTILITY; HIMAREM1 GENE; HIMAREM2 GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CHITIN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOVEMENT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; TRANSPOSASES;

FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE;

EID: 26444465087     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.20.6943-6952.2005     Document Type: Article

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