Mutations in Flavobacterium johnsoniae secDF result in defects in gliding motility and chitin utilization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 348-351

  Nelson, Shawn S ^a   McBride, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITIN; PROTEIN GLDJ; PROTEIN SECD; PROTEIN SECDF; PROTEIN SECF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SECD PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SECF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SECDF GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHITIN; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33644904084     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.1.348-351.2006     Document Type: Article

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