Load-sensitive coupling of proton translocation and torque generation in the bacterial flagellar motor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 175-184

  Che, Yong Suk ^a,b   Nakamura, Shuichi ^a,c   Morimoto, Yusuke V ^a,d   Kami ike, Nobunori ^a   Namba, Keiichi ^a,d   Minamino, Tohru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN MOTA; PROTEIN MOTB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ASPARAGINE; MOTA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MOTB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTON;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUPLING FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; ROTATION; SALMONELLA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASPARAGINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PROTONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84891145792     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12453     Document Type: Article

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