Regulation of FlbD activity by flagellum assembly is accomplished through direct interaction with the trans-acting factor, FliX

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 715-730

  Muir, Rachel E ^a,b   Gober, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLBD; PROTEIN FLIX; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOGENESIS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIX1 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 7644238483     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04298.x     Document Type: Article

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