Cryo-electron tomography elucidates the molecular architecture of Treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7566-7580

  Izard, Jacques ^a,b   Renken, Christian ^c,f   Hsieh, Chyong Ere ^c   Desrosiers, Daniel C ^d   Dunham Ems, Star ^d   La Vake, Carson ^d   Gebhardt, Linda L ^c   Limberger, Ronald J ^c   Cox, David L ^e   Marko, Michael ^c   Radolf, Justin D ^d  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f Applied BioPhysics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CILIARY MOTILITY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLAGELLA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 72449158825     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01031-09     Document Type: Article

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