Structure of the torque ring of the flagellar motor and the molecular basis for rotational switching

Nature

Volumn 466, Issue 7309, 2010, Pages 996-1000

  Lee, Lawrence K ^a   Ginsburg, Michael A ^a   Crovace, Claudia ^b   Donohoe, Mhairi ^a   Stock, Daniela ^a,c  

^a VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLIG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLIG PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MOTA PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOMECHANICS; CATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; PROTEIN; TORQUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLAR MOTOR; FLAGELLUM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROTATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TORQUE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; ROTATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; TORQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955924240     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09300     Document Type: Article

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