Positive regulation of flhDC expression by OmpR in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3622-3631

  Hu, Yangbo ^a,c   Wang, Yao ^a   Ding, Lisha ^a,c   Lu, Pei ^a,c   Atkinson, Steve ^b   Chen, Shiyun ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; PROTEIN FLAA; PROTEIN FLGA; PROTEIN FLGD; PROTEIN FLGM; PROTEIN FLHDC; PROTEIN FLIA; PROTEIN FLIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MOTILITY; FLAGELLUM; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70450284283     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.030908-0     Document Type: Article

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