Expression, purification and biochemical characterization of the cytoplasmic loop of PomA, a stator component of the Na+ driven flagellar motor

Biophysics (Japan)

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-29

  Abe Yoshizumi, Rei ^a   Kobayashi, Shiori ^a   Gohara, Mizuki ^a   Hayashi, Kokoro ^b   Kojima, Chojiro ^b   Kojima, Seiji ^a   Sudo, Yuki ^a   Asami, Yasuo ^c   Homma, Michio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TA INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial flagellum; Ion driven motor; Protein interaction; Stator

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 84873428427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13492942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2142/biophysics.9.21     Document Type: Article

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