FliZ is a posttranslational activator of FlhD4C 2-dependent flagellar gene expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 4979-4988

  Saini, Supreet ^a   Brown, Jonathon D ^b,c   Aldridge, Phillip D ^b,c   Rao, Christopher V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHAPERONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLIZ PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; FLHDC GENE; FLIAZY GENE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LACZ GENE; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LOCOMOTION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 47249103028     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01996-07     Document Type: Article

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