Motility protein complexes in the bacterial flagellar motor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-221

  Tang, Hua ^a   Braun, Timothy F ^a   Blair, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy transduction; Flagella; Mechanoenzyme; Protein interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TORQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STATOR;

EID: 0030590217     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0453     Document Type: Article

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