The Type III Flagellar Export Specificity Switch is Dependent on FliK Ruler and a Molecular Clock

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 359, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 466-477

  Moriya, Nao ^a   Minamino, Tohru ^a,b   Hughes, Kelly T ^c   Macnab, Robert M ^d   Namba, Keiichi ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

flagellar assembly; hook length control; Salmonella; substrate specificity switching; type III protein export

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLGD PROTEIN; FLGE PROTEIN; FLIK PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLAGELLUM; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALMONELLA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA;

EID: 33646202330     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.03.025     Document Type: Article

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