The Bacterial Flagellar Motor: Structure and Function of A Complex Molecular Machine

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 233, Issue , 2004, Pages 93-134

  Kojima, Seiji ^a   Blair, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial flagellar; Flagellar motor; Ion channels; Mechanoenzymes; Prokaryotic motility

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ROTOR PROTEIN FLIG; STATOR PROTEIN MOTB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM MOTOR; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; ROTATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VELOCITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; STATOR;

EID: 1842588296     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(04)33003-2     Document Type: Article

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