Role of FlbT in flagellin production in Brucella melitensis

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1253-1262

  Ferooz, Jonathan ^a   Lemaire, Julien ^a   Letesson, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FLAGELLIN; FLBT PROTEIN; FLIC PROTEIN; FLIF PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENETIC CODE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; RHIZOBIALES; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 79955782961     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.044867-0     Document Type: Article

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