The cytoskeleton of spiroplasma: A complex linear motor

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-5, 2006, Pages 265-283

  Trachtenberg, Shlomo ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacterial motility; cryo BM; Cytoskeleton; Linear motor; Mollicutes; Spiroplasma; STEM

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; FTSZ PROTEIN; MREB PROTEIN;

ACHOLEPLASMA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLOSTRIDIA; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPIROPLASMA; VIRUS PARTICLE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPIROPLASMA;

ACHOLEPLASMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 33748774677     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094060     Document Type: Review

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