Crystal structure of the flagellar rotor protein FliN from Thermotoga maritima

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2890-2902

  Brown, Perry N ^a   Mathews, Michael A A ^b   Joss, Lisa A ^b   Hill, Christopher P ^b   Blair, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLIG; PROTEIN FLIM; PROTEIN FLIN; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BETA SHEET; C RING FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; ROTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 16844367441     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.8.2890-2902.2005     Document Type: Article

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