Transcriptional organization of the region encoding the synthesis of the flagellar filament in Pseudomonas fluorescens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4106-4109

  Redondo Nieto, Miguel ^a   Lloret, Javier ^a   Larenas, Javiera ^a   Barahona, Emma ^a   Navazo, Ana ^a   Martínez Granero, Francisco ^a   Capdevila, Silvia ^a   Rivilla, Rafael ^a   Martín, Marta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Depto de Matematicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAG GENE; FLAGELLUM; FLEQ GENE; FLIC GENE; FLID GENE; FLIST GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 44349111841     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00178-08     Document Type: Article

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