Parts exchange: Tuning the flagellar motor to fit the conditions: MicroCommentary

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 807-810

  Delalez, Nicolas ^a   Armitage, Judith P ^a,b  

^a Department of Biochemistry ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON; SODIUM ION;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SODIUM; TORQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60349086901     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06573.x     Document Type: Note

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