Conversion of mono-polar to peritrichous flagellation in Vibrio alginolyticus

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 76-83

  Kojima, Masaru ^a   Nishioka, Noriko ^a   Kusumoto, Akiko ^a,b   Yagasaki, Jin ^a   Fukuda, Toshio ^a   Homma, Michio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial flagellum; Flagellar localization; Flagellar number; Polar flagellum

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 79251492068     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2010.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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