The flhDC gene affects motility and biofilm formation in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 814-821

  Wang, Yao ^a   Ding, LiSha ^a,b   Hu, YangBo ^a,b   Zhang, Yong ^a,b   Yang, BaoYu ^a   Chen, ShiYun ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm; flhDC; Motility; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 36448979626     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-007-0101-6     Document Type: Article

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