A chimeric N-terminal Escherichia coli-C-terminal Rhodobacter sphaeroides FliG rotor protein supports bidirectional E. coli flagellar rotation and chemotaxis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1695-1701

  Morehouse, Karen A ^a   Goodfellow, Ian G ^b   Sockett, R Elizabeth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN FLIG; PROTEIN MOTAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; CHEMOTAXIS; CHIMERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; ROTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 14244264990     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.5.1695-1701.2005     Document Type: Article

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