Mutants in flaI and flaJ of the archaeon Methanococcus voltae are deficient in flagellum assembly

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 879-887

  Thomas, Nikhil A ^a,c   Mueller, Steffen ^b,d   Klein, Albrecht ^b   Jarrell, Ken F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLAH; GENE FLAI; GENE FLAJ; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; METHANOCOCCUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036436988     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03220.x     Document Type: Article

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