Analysis of the lateral flagellar gene system of Aeromonas hydrophila AH-3

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 852-862

  Canals, Rocío ^a   Altarriba, Maria ^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

DNA; RNA; SIGMA FACTOR;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAF 5 GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 31344459271     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.3.852-862.2006     Document Type: Article

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