A novel flagellar sheath protein, FcpA, determines filament coiling, translational motility and virulence for the Leptospira spirochete

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 457-470

  Wunder, Elsio A ^a,b   Figueira, Cláudio P ^b   Benaroudj, Nadia ^c   Hu, Bo ^d   Tong, Brian A ^d   Trajtenberg, Felipe ^e   Liu, Jun ^d   Reis, Mitermayer G ^b   Charon, Nyles W ^f   Buschiazzo, Alejandro ^c,e   Picardeau, Mathieu ^c   Ko, Albert I ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^f WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLAR COILING PROTEIN A; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HAMSTER MODEL; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE;

EID: 84978951833     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13403     Document Type: Article

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