Borrelia burgdorferi uniquely regulates its motility genes and has an intricate flagellar hook-basal body structure

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1912-1921

  Sal, Melanie S ^a   Li, Chunhao ^a,b   Motalab, M A ^a   Shibata, Satoshi ^c,d   Aizawa, Shin Ichi ^c,d   Charon, Nyles W ^a,e  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; GENE PRODUCT; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAGELLAR HOOK; FLAGELLUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTILIY GENE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPIROCHETE; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 40449134876     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01421-07     Document Type: Article

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