The flagellar protein FliL is essential for swimming in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6230-6239

  Suaste Olmos, Fernando ^a   Domenzain, Clelia ^a   Mireles Rodríguez, José Cruz ^a   Poggio, Sebastian ^a   Osorio, Aurora ^a   Dreyfus, Georges ^b   Camarena, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEQ GENE; MOTB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULON; REVERTANT; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 78649366973     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00655-10     Document Type: Article

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