Bringing order to a complex molecular machine: The assembly of the bacterial flagella

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1778, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1851-1858

  Apel, Dmitry ^a   Surette, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal body; Chemotaxis; Flagella; Motitlity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOGENESIS; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ORGANELLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; KINETOSOME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THIN FILAMENT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERS; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 50049101426     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.07.005     Document Type: Review

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