FliT acts as an anti-FlhD2C2 factor in the transcriptional control of the flagellar regulon in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 6703-6708

  Yamamoto, Shouji ^a,b   Kutsukake, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLHC PROTEIN; FLHD PROTEIN; FLIT PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME BINDING; FLIT GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULON; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33748763844     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00799-06     Document Type: Article

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