Adjusting the spokes of the flagellar motor with the DNA-binding Protein H-NS

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 5914-5922

  Paul, Koushik ^a   Carlquist, William C ^a   Blair, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN STPA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN YCGR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL MOTILITY; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DIMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; LOCOMOTION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 80055051384     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05458-11     Document Type: Article

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