In Rhodobacter sphaeroides, chemotactic operon 1 regulates rotation of the flagellar system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 6781-6786

  Martínez del Campo, Ana ^a   Ballado, Teresa ^a   Camarena, Laura ^a   Dreyfus, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; ROTATION; SWIMMING; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 84855406611     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05933-11     Document Type: Note

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