A phase-variable mechanism controlling the Campylobacter jejuni FlgR response regulator influences commensalism

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1646-1659

  Hendrixson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ARYLSULFATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMER; PROTEIN FLGR; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLUM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POULTRY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 33748503644     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05336.x     Document Type: Article

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