The N terminus of FliM is essential to promote flagellar rotation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3142-3148

  Poggio, Sebastian ^a   Osorio, Aurora ^a   Corkidi, Gabriel ^b   Dreyfus, Georges ^c   Camarena, Laura ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; PROTEIN FLIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0035036854     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.10.3142-3148.2001     Document Type: Article

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