Flagella of Pyrococcus furiosus: Multifunctional organelles, made for swimming, adhesion to various surfaces, and cell-cell contacts

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 6915-6923

  Näther, Daniela J ^a   Rachel, Reinhard ^a   Wanner, Gerhard ^b   Wirth, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FLAGELLIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GOLD;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SAND; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOVEMENT; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 33749345268     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00527-06     Document Type: Article

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