A minimized motile machinery for Mycoplasma genitalium

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 125-138

  García Morales, Luis ^a   González González, Luis ^a   Querol, Enrique ^a   Piñol, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CRYO ELECTRON MICROCOPY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MICROCINEMATOGRAPHY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; ORGANELLE ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; CYTOSKELETON; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTATION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84961398528     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13305     Document Type: Article

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