Mutations in motB suppressible by changes in stator or rotor components of the bacterial flagellar motor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 270-285

  Garza, Anthony G ^a,b   Biran, Roy ^a,c   Wohlschlegel, James A ^a   Manson, Michael D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Flagella; Motility; Motors; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0029879952     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0249     Document Type: Article

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