Alternative sigma factors and the regulation of flagellar gene expression

Transcriptional analysis of the flagellar regulon of Salmonella typhimurium

1990 • 403 citations

Inactivation of Campylobacter jejuni flagellin genes by homologous recombination demonstrates that flaA but not flaB is required for invasion.

1991 • 296 citations

The rpoN gene product of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is required for expression of diverse genes, including the flagellin gene

1990 • 268 citations

Gene fliA encodes an alternative sigma factor specific for flagellar operons in Salmonella typhimurium

1990 • 262 citations

Role of two flagellin genes in Campylobacter motility

1991 • 201 citations

Developmental and genetic regulation of bacillus subtilis genes transcribed by σ28-RNA polymerase

1983 • 195 citations

Characterization of the type a flagellin gene from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAK

1990 • 182 citations

The developmental fate of S. coelicolor hyphae depends upon a gene product homologous with the motility σ factor of B. subtilis

1989 • 176 citations

Secondary sigma factor controls transcription of flagellar and chemotaxis genes in Escherichia coli.

1989 • 170 citations

The Bacillus subtilis flagellin gene (hag) is transcribed by the sigma 28 form of RNA polymerase

1989 • 164 citations

DNA sequence analysis suggests that expression of flagellar and chemotaxis genes in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium is controlled by an alternative sigma factor.

1987 • 161 citations

Similar organization of the sigB and spoIIA operons encoding alternate sigma factors of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase

1990 • 156 citations

Negative regulatory loci coupling flagellin synthesis to flagellar assembly in Salmonella typhimurium

1991 • 153 citations

Cloning, sequencing, and disruption of the Bacillus subtilis sigma 28 gene

1988 • 148 citations

Transcriptional control of flagellar genes in Escherichia coli K-12

1986 • 146 citations

Studies of sigma D-dependent functions in Bacillus subtilis

1990 • 145 citations

The Borrelia burgdorferi flagellum-associated 41-kilodalton antigen (flagellin): molecular cloning, expression, and amplification of the gene

1990 • 140 citations

MicroReview Cascades of sigma factors revisited

1990 • 140 citations

Flagellar transcriptional activators FlbB and FlaI: gene sequences and 5' consensus sequences of operons under FlbB and FlaI control

1988 • 137 citations

"Frizzy" aggregation genes of the gliding bacterium Myxococcus xanthus show sequence similarities to the chemotaxis genes of enteric bacteria.

1989 • 135 citations

Genomic organization and expression of Campylobacter flagellin genes

1990 • 130 citations

New unified nomenclature for the flagellar genes of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium.

1988 • 129 citations

Biology of the chemotactic response

1992 • 121 citations

The flaA locus of Bacillus subtilis is part of a large operon coding for flagellar structures, motility functions, and an ATPase-like polypeptide

1991 • 120 citations

Utilization of promoter and terminator sites on bacteriophage T7 DNA by RNA polymerases from a variety of bacterial orders

1979 • 114 citations

Halobacterial flagellins are encoded by a multigene family. Characterization of five flagellin genes.

1988 • 105 citations

Biology of the chemotactic response

1991 • 101 citations

Gene encoding a minor extracellular protease in Bacillus subtilis

1988 • 94 citations

Cloning, partial sequence, expression, and antigenic analysis of the filamentous hemagglutinin gene of Bordetella pertussis

1990 • 90 citations

Nucleotide sequences of two Bacillus subtilis promoters used by Bacillus subtilis sigma-28 RNA polymerase

1981 • 90 citations

Analysis of the Borrelia burgdorferi GeHo fla gene and antigenic characterization of its gene product

1991 • 81 citations

RNA polymerase heterogeneity in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

1989 • 81 citations

Heterogeneity of RNA polymerase in Bacillus subtilis: evidence for an additional sigma factor in vegetative cells.

1981 • 80 citations

Identification and sequence analysis of two related flagellin genes in Rhizobium meliloti

1989 • 77 citations

Cloning and sequencing of a Treponema pallidum gene encoding a 31.3-kilodalton endoflagellar subunit (FlaB2)

1989 • 75 citations

Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of a DNA fragment from Bacillus natto that enhances production of extracellular proteases and levansucrase in Bacillus subtilis

1986 • 75 citations

Sequence and characterization of Bacillus subtilis CheB, a homolog of Escherichia coli CheY, and its role in a different mechanism of chemotaxis

1991 • 66 citations

DNA sequence analysis, gene product identification, and localization of flagellar motor components of Escherichia coli

1989 • 65 citations

New unified nomenclature for the flagellar genes of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium

1988 • 64 citations

Cloning, sequencing, and expression of two class B endoflagellar genes of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum encoding the 34.5- and 31.0-kilodalton proteins

1990 • 59 citations

Complete nucleotide sequence of the structural gene for alkaline proteinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa IFO 3455

1990 • 58 citations

Possible involvement of bacterial autolytic enzymes in flagellar morphogenesis

1979 • 55 citations

Evolution of chemotactic-signal transducers in enteric bacteria

1989 • 44 citations

A cell division regulatory mechanism controls the flagellar regulon in Escherichia coli

1989 • 41 citations

Cloning and sequence analysis of flaA, a gene encoding a Spirochaeta aurantia flagellar filament surface antigen

1989 • 41 citations

Cloning and nucleotide sequence of a flagellin-coding gene (hag) from Serratia marcescens 274

1989 • 39 citations

Isolation and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis sigma 28 factor

1988 • 36 citations

Nucleotide sequence and characterization of a Bacillus subtilis gene encoding a flagellar switch protein

1991 • 31 citations

Transposon Tn917lacZ mutagenesis of Bacillus subtilis: identification of two new loci required for motility and chemotaxis

1990 • 31 citations

Altered promoter selection by a novel form of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase

1979 • 27 citations

Bacillus subtilis sigma 28 and Escherichia coli sigma 32 (htpR) are minor sigma factors that display an overlapping promoter specificity.

1985 • 26 citations

Isolation of sigma-28-specific promoters from Bacillus subtilis DNA

1984 • 26 citations

An Escherichia coli chemoreceptor gene is temporally controlled in Caulobacter.

1989 • 15 citations

Genetic analysis of the flaA locus of Bacillus subtilis

1991 • 15 citations