The archaeal flagellum: A different kind of prokaryotic motility structure

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-174

  Thomas, Nikhil A ^a   Bardy, Sonia L ^a   Jarrell, Ken F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaea; Flagella; Methanogens; Motility; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; PEPTIDASE; PILIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FLAGELLUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASE SEPARATION; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035105745     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(00)00061-9     Document Type: Review

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