The Helicobacter pylori anti-sigma factor FlgM is predominantly cytoplasmic and cooperates with the flagellar basal body protein FlhA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4824-4834

  Rust, Melanie ^a   Borchert, Sophie ^a   Niehus, Eike ^a,d   Kuehne, Sarah A ^a,e   Gripp, Eugenia ^a   Bajceta, Afrodita ^a   McMurry, Jonathan L ^c   Suerbaum, Sebastian ^a   Hughes, Kelly T ^b   Josenhans, Christine ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RMC Consulting   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLGM; PROTEIN FLHA; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FLHA GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 67749143715     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00018-09     Document Type: Article

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