Structure of the Rotor of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor Revealed by Electron Cryomicroscopy and Single-particle Image Analysis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-113

  Suzuki, Hirofumi ^a   Yonekura, Koji ^a,b   Namba, Keiichi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial flagellum; Basal body; Electron cryomicroscopy; Flagellar motor; Single particle image analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLIF; PROTEIN FLIG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DENSITY; FLAGELLUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 1442326719     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.01.034     Document Type: Article

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