Enhanced motility of a Proteus mirabilis strain expressing hybrid FlaB flagella

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1291-1299

  Manos, Jim ^a   Artimovich, Elena ^a   Belas, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; POVIDONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HYPOTHESIS; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; VISCOSITY; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 2942618479     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26727-0     Document Type: Article

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