SwmB, a 1.12-megadalton protein that is required for nonflagellar swimming motility in Synechococcus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1158-1162

  McCarren, J ^a,b   Brahamsha, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SWMA; PROTEIN SWMB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SWMB GENE; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33846622119     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01500-06     Document Type: Article

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