Isolation of a flagellar operon in Azospirillum brasilense and functional analysis of FlbD

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 521-528

  Chang, Yanqi ^a   Tang, Tao ^a   Li, Ji Lun ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; Flagella; FlbD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA BINDING; FLBD GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 34547551440     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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