In situ structure of the complete Treponema primitia flagellar motor

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7106, 2006, Pages 1062-1064

  Murphy, Gavin E ^a   Leadbetter, Jared R ^a   Jensen, Grant J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PROTEINS; STATORS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ION GRADIENTS; ELECTRON CRYOTOMOGRAPHY; STATOR ASSEMBLIES; TREPONEMA PRIMITIA FLAGELLAR MOTORS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLIG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ION EXCHANGE; PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIROCHAETA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PRIMITIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIROCHAETA; TREPONEMA PRIMITIA;

EID: 33748295677     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05015     Document Type: Article

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