Carbon storage regulator A (CsrA Bb) is a repressor of Borrelia burgdorferi flagellin protein FlaB

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 851-864

  Sze, Ching Wooen ^a   Morado, Dustin R ^b   Liu, Jun ^b   Charon, Nyles W ^c   Xu, Hongbin ^a   Li, Chunhao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON STORAGE REGULATOR A; FLAGELLIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CSRABB GENE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INHIBITION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BINDING SITES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 80855144223     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07853.x     Document Type: Article

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