Haloferax volcanii flagella are required for motility but are not involved in PibD-dependent surface adhesion

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3093-3102

  Tripepi, Manuela ^a   Imam, Saheed ^a   Pohlschröder, Mechthild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; GLASS; PEPTIDASE; PILIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DELETION MUTANT; FLAGELLUM; GENOME; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; PROKARYOTE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWIMMING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOFERAX VOLCANII; PROKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 77953975121     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00133-10     Document Type: Article

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