Characterizing the flagellar filament and the role of motility in bacterial prey-penetration by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 274-286

  Lambert, Carey ^a   Evans, Katy J ^a   Till, Rob ^a   Hobley, Laura ^a   Capeness, Michael ^a   Rendulic, Snjezana ^b   Schuster, Stephan C ^b   Aizawa, Shin Ichi ^c   Sockett, R Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BDELLOVIBRIO; CELL MOVEMENT; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS;

EID: 33645287547     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05081.x     Document Type: Article

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