MotD of Sinorhizobium meliloti and related α-proteobacteria is the flagellar-hook-length regulator and therefore reassigned as FliK

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2144-2153

  Eggenhofer, Elke ^a   Rachel, Reinhard ^a   Haslbeck, Martin ^b   Scharf, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN FLHB; PROTEIN FLIK; PROTEIN MOTA; PROTEIN MOTB; PROTEIN MOTC; PROTEIN MOTD; PROTEIN MOTE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIK GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; MOTB GENE; MOTC GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE DELETION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33644868057     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.6.2144-2153.2006     Document Type: Article

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