The structure and regulation of flagella in bacillus subtilis

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 319-340

  Mukherjee, Sampriti ^a   Kearns, Daniel B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; bistability; flagella; homeostasis; motility

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FLAGELLAR REGULATION; FLAGELLAR STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOOK; KINETOSOME; MICROFILAMENT; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84913582751     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: 15452948     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-120213-092406     Document Type: Article

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