Identification of a common structural motif in the disordered N-terminal region of bacterial flagellins. Evidence of a new class of fibril-forming peptides

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-29

  Hakalehto, Elias ^a   Santa, Harri ^a   Vepsäläinen, Jouko ^a   Laatikainen, Reino ^a   Finne, Jukka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacterial flagella; Flagellin; Pectinatus; Self assembly; Synthetic peptide

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; FIBER; FLAGELLUM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; MIRABILIS; PECTINATUS; PECTINATUS CEREVISIIPHILUS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0030834527     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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