Architecture of the flagellar rotor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2962-2971

  Paul, Koushik ^a   Gonzalez Bonet, Gabriela ^b   Bilwes, Alexandrine M ^b   Crane, Brian R ^b   Blair, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

co crystal; Flagella; rotor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLIG; PROTEIN FLIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLAGELLUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FLAGELLA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79960650428     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.188     Document Type: Article

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