The flagellar cytoskeleton of the spirochetes

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-5, 2006, Pages 221-227

  Wolgemuth, Charles W ^a   Charon, Nyles W ^b   Goldstein, Stuart F ^c   Goldstein, Raymond E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Flagellar cytoskeleton; Leptonema (formerly leptospira) illini; Spirochetes, flageller cytoskeleton; Treponema denticola; Treponema phagedenis

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FLAGELLUM; LEPTOSPIRA; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; WILD TYPE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CYTOSKELETON; FLAGELLA; LEPTOSPIRACEAE; PERIPLASM; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EUKARYOTA; LEPTONEMA (BACTERIA); LEPTOSPIRA; PROKARYOTA; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA PHAGEDENIS;

EID: 33748775478     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094056     Document Type: Review

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