N-terminal signal region of FliK is dispensable for length control of the flagellar hook

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 346-360

  Hirano, Takanori ^a   Shibata, Satoshi ^a   Ohnishi, Kouhei ^b   Tani, Tomomi ^c   Aizawa, Shin Ichi ^a,d  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLIK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FLHB GENE; FLIK GENE; FLIM GENE; FLIN GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SALMONELLA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; MUTATION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SALMONELLA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SALMONELLA;

EID: 17144424247     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04615.x     Document Type: Article

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