Surface components of Campylobacter and Helicobacter

Deletion of a previously uncharacterized flagellar-hook-length control gene fliK modulates the σ 54-dependent regulon in Campylobacter jejuni

“…Putative virulence factors include the capsule (Karlyshev et al, 2001), toxins (Wassenaar, 1997), surface proteins (Penn, 2001) and bipolar flagella (Wassenaar et al, 1993b). The genome sequence of C. jejuni NCTC 11168 (Parkhill et al, 2000) includes at least 42 genes predicted to be associated with flagellar expression, at more than 20 loci (Jagannathan & Penn, 2005).…”