The Lon protease regulates swarming motility and virulence gene expression in Proteus mirabilis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 931-937

  Clemmer, Katy M ^a   Rather, Philip N ^a,b  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENDOPEPTIDASE LA; FLAGELLIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HPMBA GENE; LACTOSE OPERON; LIQUID CULTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSPOSON; ZAPA GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEASE LA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 50249176033     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47778-0     Document Type: Article

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