Complete atomic model of the bacterial flagellar filament by electron cryomicroscopy

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6949, 2003, Pages 643-650

  Yonekura, Koji ^a   Maki Yonekura, Saori ^a   Namba, Keiichi ^a  

^a Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEINS; X RAYS;

BACTERIAL LOCOMOTION;

BACTERIA;

FLAGELLIN;

BACTERIUM; MODEL;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DENSITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROSTATICS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0042238051     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01830     Document Type: Article

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