Salmonella typhimurium flhE, a conserved flagellar regulon gene required for swarming

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 541-547

  Stafford, Graham P ^a   Hughes, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CONGO RED; DYE; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; FLHE PROTEIN; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR MEDIUM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; CELL SURFACE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; OPERON; REGULON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33847215159     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/002576-0     Document Type: Article

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