An infrequent molecular ruler controls flagellar hook length in Salmonella enterica

EMBO Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2948-2961

  Erhardt, Marc ^a,b   Singer, Hanna M ^a,b   Wee, Daniel H ^a,b   Keener, James P ^b   Hughes, Kelly T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hook length control; mathematical model; molecular ruler; Salmonella enterica; type III protein export

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLIK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VELOCITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FLAGELLA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 79960647596     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.185     Document Type: Article

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