Archaeal flagella, bacterial flagella and type IV pili: A comparison of genes and posttranslational modifications

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-5, 2006, Pages 167-191

  Ng, Sandy Y M ^a   Chaban, Bonnie ^a   Jarrell, Ken F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeal flagella; Bacterial flagella; Flagellar gene families; Flagellin pilin subunit glycosylation; Genes and posttranslational modifications, a comparison; Preflagellin prepilin signal peptide processing; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CATALYSIS; CHEMOTAXIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLAGELLUM; GLYCOSYLATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GLYCOSYLATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33748757929     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094053     Document Type: Review

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