Helicobacter pylori FlhB processing-deficient variants affect flagellar assembly but not flagellar gene expression

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1170-1180

  Smith, Todd G ^a   Pereira, Lara ^b   Hoover, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLHB; PROTEIN FLIK; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLHB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; FLIA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLAGELLA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULON; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 65649146082     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.022806-0     Document Type: Article

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