Regulation of flagellar, motility and chemotaxis genes in Rhizobium leguminosarum by the VisN/R-Rem cascade

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1673-1685

  Tambalo, Dinah D ^a   Del Bel, Kate L ^a   Bustard, Denise E ^a   Greenwood, Paige R ^a   Steedman, Audrey E ^a   Hynes, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CHEMOTAXIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; DOWN-REGULATION; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 77952613219     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.035386-0     Document Type: Article

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