Suppressor analysis of the MotB(D33E) mutation to probe bacterial flagellar motor dynamics coupled with proton translocation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6660-6667

  Che, Yong Suk ^a,b   Nakamura, Shuichi ^a,b   Kojima, Seiji ^b,c   Kami ike, Nobunori ^b   Namba, Keiichi ^a,b   Minamino, Tohru ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTB PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CELL MOTILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTON TRANSPORT; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 53849145309     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00503-08     Document Type: Article

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