The Needle Length of Bacterial Injectisomes Is Determined by a Molecular Ruler

Science

Volumn 302, Issue 5651, 2003, Pages 1757-1760

  Journet, Laure ^a   Agrain, Céline ^a   Broz, Petr ^a   Cornelis, Guy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINS;

INJECTISOME;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YSCP PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; PROTEIN; SIZE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; SEQUENCE DELETION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0345600239     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1091422     Document Type: Article

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