Protein dynamics and mechanisms controlling the rotational behaviour of the bacterial flagellar motor

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 734-740

  Brown, Mostyn T ^a,b   Delalez, Nicolas J ^b   Armitage, Judith P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL ADHESION; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ROTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 82555179173     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.09.009     Document Type: Review

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