Interacting components of the flagellar motor of Escherichia coli revealed by the two-hybrid system in yeast

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 564-576

  Marykwas, Donna L ^a   Schmidt, Sarah A ^a   Berg, Howard C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chemotaxis; Motility; Motor architecture; Protein protein interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029932448     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0109     Document Type: Article

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