The Azospirillum brasilense Che1 chemotaxis pathway controls swimming velocity, which affects transient cell-to-cell clumping

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3343-3355

  Bible, Amber ^a   Russell, Matthew H ^a   Alexandre, Gladys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CHE1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE;

EID: 84864003543     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00310-12     Document Type: Article

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