Molecular analysis of the crenarchaeal flagellum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-124

  Lassak, Kerstin ^a   Neiner, Tomasz ^a   Ghosh, Abhrajyoti ^a   Klingl, Andreas ^b   Wirth, Reinhard ^c   Albers, Sonja Verena ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLA GENE; FLAB GENE; FLAF GENE; FLAG GENE; FLAH GENE; FLAI GENE; FLAJ GENE; FLAX GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

EID: 84155165431     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07916.x     Document Type: Article

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