A Single-Domain flgj Contributes to Flagellar Hook and Filament Formation in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 866-874

  Zhang, Kai ^a   Tong, Brian A ^b   Liu, Jun ^b   Li, Chunhao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAB PROTEIN; FLGE PROTEIN; FLGJ PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; KINETOSOME; LYME DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPIROCHETE; SWARM PLATE ASSAY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 84863130864     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06341-11     Document Type: Article

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