Systematic deletion analyses of the fla genes in the flagella operon identify several genes essential for proper assembly and function of flagella in the archaeon, Methanococcus maripaludis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 596-609

  Chaban, Bonnie ^a   Ng, Sandy Y M ^a   Kanbe, Masaomi ^b   Saltzman, Ilana ^a   Nimmo, Graeme ^a   Aizawa, Shin Ichi ^b   Jarrell, Ken F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLA GENE; FLAGELLUM; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOGEN; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE DELETION; GENES, ARCHAEAL; METHANOCOCCUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OPERON; PLASMIDS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 35448929983     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05913.x     Document Type: Article

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