Recent advances in the structure and assembly of the archaeal flagellum

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 41-51

  Bardy, Sonia L ^a   Ng, Sandy Y M ^a   Jarrell, Ken F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glycosylation; Methanococcus voltae; Motility; Preflagellin peptidase; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDASE; PILIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL SURFACE; FLAGELLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLYCOSYLATION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFOLOBUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FLAGELLA; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE;

EID: 2642553801     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077868     Document Type: Review

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