Structure of the C-terminal domain of FliG, a component of the rotor in the bacterial flagellar motor

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6743, 1999, Pages 472-475

  Lloyd, Scott A ^a   Whitby, Frank G ^b   Blair, David F ^a   Hill, Christopher P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EUBACTERIUM; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0033614958     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22794     Document Type: Article

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