The structure of the archeabacterial flagellar filament of the extreme halophile Halobacterium salinarum R1M1 and its relation to eubacterial flagellar filaments and type IV pili

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 321, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 383-395

  Cohen Krausz, Sara ^a   Trachtenberg, Shlomo ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Archaeabacteria; Bacterial flagella; Bacterial motility; Cryo electron microscopy; Extremophiles

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; PEPTIDASE; PILIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM PILUS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; GLYCOSYLATION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SULFATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

EID: 0036384351     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00616-2     Document Type: Article

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