Functional analysis of the Helicobacter pylori flagellar switch proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7147-7156

  Lowenthal, Andrew C ^a   Hill, Marla ^a   Sycuro, Laura K ^b,c   Mehmood, Khalid ^a,d   Salama, Nina R ^b   Ottemann, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLIG; PROTEIN FLIM; PROTEIN FLIN; PROTEIN FLIY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; FLIN GENE; FLIY GENE; GENE MUTATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 72249108588     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00749-09     Document Type: Article

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