Swarming motility and the control of master regulators of flagellar biosynthesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-23

  Patrick, Joyce E ^a   Kearns, Daniel B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLHDC; PROTEIN SWRA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CELL MOTILITY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWARMING MOTILITY; TRANSPOSON; UPREGULATION; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION;

EID: 84155167759     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07917.x     Document Type: Review

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