Cellular Architecture of Treponema pallidum: Novel Flagellum, Periplasmic Cone, and Cell Envelope as Revealed by Cryo Electron Tomography

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 403, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 546-561

  Liu, Jun ^a   Howell, Jerrilyn K ^a   Bradley, Sherille D ^a   Zheng, Yesha ^a   Zhou, Z Hong ^b   Norris, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial structure; Cell envelope architecture; Cryo electron tomography; Periplasmic flagellum; Syphilis spirochete

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FLAGELLUM; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; FLAGELLA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PERIPLASM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 77957905087     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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