Charged residues of the rotor protein FliG essential for torque generation in the flagellar motor of Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 733-744

  Lloyd, Scott A ^a   Blair, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Charged residues; Energy transduction; Flagella; Motility

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TORQUE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031557399     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0836     Document Type: Article

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