Fumarate modulates bacterial flagellar rotation by lowering the free energy difference between the clockwise and counterclockwise states of the motor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 821-828

  Prasad, Krishna ^a   Caplan, S Roy ^a   Eisenbach, Michael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Flagellar motor; Fumarate; Motility; Switch

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; FUMARIC ACID; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032584784     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1922     Document Type: Article

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