Environment-directed activation of the escherichia coli flhDC operon by transposons

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 554-569

  Zhang, Zhongge ^a   Kukita, Chika ^a   Zafri Humayun, M ^b   Saier, Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Flagellar master regulator; FlhDC; Gene activation; IS mediated directed mutation; SIDD; Transposon

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FLHC PROTEIN, E COLI; FLHD PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSPOSON;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASE PAIRING; CELL MUTANT; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; FLHDC GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSPOSON; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 85018295456     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000426     Document Type: Article

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