The mechanism of outer membrane penetration by the eubacterial flagellum and implications for spirochete evolution

Genes and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2326-2335

  Chevance, Fabienne F V ^a   Takahashi, Noriko ^b   Karlinsey, Joyce E ^c   Gnerer, Joshua ^c   Hirano, Takanori ^a   Samudrala, Ram ^c   Aizawa, Shin Ichi ^b   Hughes, Kelly T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Flagellar assembly; Membrane penetration; Spirochete evolution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLGG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPIROCHETE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLASM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPIROCHAETALES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 34548864141     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1571607     Document Type: Article

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