Polar flagellum biogenesis in Aeromonas hydrophila

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 542-555

  Canals, Rocío ^a   Ramirez, Silvia ^a   Vilches, Silvia ^a   Horsburgh, Gavin ^b   Shaw, Jonathan G ^b   Tomás, Juan M ^a   Merino, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLAA GENE; FLAH GENE; FLGL GENE; FLGN GENE; FLHA GENE; FLIA GENE; FLIE GENE; FLIM GENE; FLRA GENE; FLRC GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAF 1 GENE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTX GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORF29 GENE; POMB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STATOR;

EID: 30744469406     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.2.542-555.2006     Document Type: Article

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