Characterization of the periplasmic domain of MotB and implications for its role in the stator assembly of the bacterial flagellar motor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3314-3322

  Kojima, Seiji ^a,c   Furukawa, Yukio ^a   Matsunami, Hideyuki ^a   Minamino, Tohru ^a,b   Namba, Keiichi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; HOMODIMER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NICKEL; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN MOTA; PROTEIN MOTB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOPLASM; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEIN VARIANT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; TORQUE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; DIMERIZATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FLAGELLA; GENE DOSAGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLASM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE DELETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 42549164723     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01710-07     Document Type: Article

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