Identification of non-flagellar genes involved in swarm cell differentiation using a Bacillus thuringiensis mini-Tn10 mutant library

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 912-921

  Salvetti, Sara ^a   Celandroni, Francesco ^a   Ceragioli, Mara ^a   Senesi, Sonia ^a   Ghelardi, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BETAINE; CATALASE; CATALASE 2; DYNAMIN; PERMEASE; PHENAZINE; SARCOSINE OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENAZINES; PHENOTYPE; SARCOSINE OXIDASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 64049085638     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.021741-0     Document Type: Article

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