Assembly states of FliM and FliG within the flagellar switch complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 427, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 867-886

  Sircar, Ria ^a   Borbat, Peter P ^a   Lynch, Michael J ^a   Bhatnagar, Jaya ^a   Beyersdorf, Matthew S ^b   Halkides, Christopher J ^b   Freed, Jack H ^a   Crane, Brian R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

chemotaxis; flagella motor; protein protein interactions; signal transduction; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN FLIG; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN FLIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLIG PROTEIN, BACTERIA; FLIM PROTEIN, BACTERIA; FLIN PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING; SPIN LABEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPIN LABELING; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPIN LABELS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLAGELLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPIN LABELS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 84922346840     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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