Self-assembly and type III protein export of the bacterial flagellum

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 5-17

  Minamino, Tohru ^a   Namba, Keiichi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assembly; ATPase; Capping structure; Chaperone; Flagellum; Motility; Substrate specificity switch; Type III protein export

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLAGELLUM; HYDROLYSIS; IONIC STRENGTH; KINETOSOME; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; MOVEMENT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; SALMONELLA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2642559479     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077865     Document Type: Review

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