Helicobacter pylori possesses four coiled-coil-rich proteins that form extended filamentous structures and control cell shape and motility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4523-4530

  Specht, Mara ^b   Schätzle, Sarah ^a,b   Graumann, Peter L ^b   Waidner, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COILED COIL RICH PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLASMIDS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 80052334346     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00231-11     Document Type: Article

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