The junctional pore complex, a prokaryotic secretion organelle, is the molecular motor underlying gliding motility in cyanobacteria

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1161-1168

  Hoiczyk, Egbert ^a,b   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA; INVERTEBRATA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032558810     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(07)00487-3     Document Type: Article

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