Transcription of Proteus mirabilis flaAB

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2857-2863

  Manos, Jim ^a   Belas, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; FLAGELLIN; GENE PRODUCT; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE PROBE; GENE SWITCHING; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 4844225256     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27275-0     Document Type: Article

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