Activation of the Campylobacter jejuni FlgSR two-component system is linked to the flagellar export apparatus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2656-2667

  Joslin, Stephanie N ^a   Hendrixson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLGS PROTEIN; FLRG PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SALMONELLA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHEMISTRY; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CYTOPLASM; FLAGELLA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 65249160474     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01689-08     Document Type: Article

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