How 34 pegs fit into 26 + 8 holes in the flagellar motor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 291-293

  Manson, Michael D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN FLIF; PROTEIN FLIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 33846264029     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01556-06     Document Type: Note

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