Structure of the Cytoskeleton of Spiroplasma melliferum BC3 and Its Interactions with the Cell Membrane

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 378, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 778-789

  Trachtenberg, Shlomo ^a   Dorward, Lori M ^b   Speransky, Vladislav V ^b   Jaffe, Howard ^c   Andrews, S Brian ^c   Leapman, Richard D ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial cytoskeleton; bacterial motility; cryoelectron tomography; linear motor; Spiroplasma

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR TU; MREB PROTEIN; PROTEIN FIB; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA MELLIFERUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA MELLIFERUM;

EID: 41949126375     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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