The unique structure of archaeal 'hami', highly complex cell appendages with nano-grappling hooks

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 361-370

  Moissl, Christine ^a   Rachel, Reinhard ^a   Briegel, Ariane ^b   Engelhardt, Harald ^b   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYOELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HAMUS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; GENES, ARCHAEAL;

ARCHAEA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 17144417351     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04294.x     Document Type: Article

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