Identification and Characterization of the Alternative σ28 Factor in Treponema denticola
Kurniyati K, Chang Y, Liu J, Li C. Identification and Characterization of the Alternative σ28 Factor in Treponema denticola. Journal Of Bacteriology 2022, 204: e00248-22. PMID: 36043861, PMCID: PMC9487585, DOI: 10.1128/jb.00248-22.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDependent promotersTranscription factorsSpirochete Treponema denticolaGene expressionOral spirochete Treponema denticolaCryo-electron tomography analysisFlagellin gene expressionExpression of flagellinSite-directed mutagenesisFlagellar regulationChemotaxis genesPeriplasmic flagellaRNA polymeraseFliABacterial motilityTranscriptional factorsLate promoterExternal flagellaLines of evidenceEscherichia coliPromoterT. denticolaBiochemical analysisEssential roleE. coli