Cross-regulation in Vibrio parahaemolyticus: Compensatory activation of polar flagellar genes by the lateral flagellar regulator LafK

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4014-4018

  Kim, Yun Kyeong ^a   McCarter, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; FLAK GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; LAFK GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 2942582317     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.12.4014-4018.2004     Document Type: Article

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