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[Multicomponent nature of Halobacterium salinarum flagella].
Mikrobiologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Beznosov S N, Piatibratov M G, Fedorov O V
Abstract excerpt
Filaments of the flagellum of the halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum consist of five flagellins: A1, A2, B1, B2, and B3, which are encoded by five genes localized in tandem in twoflgA and flgB operons. While the role of flagellins A1 and A2 has been determined, the role of the proteins, B operon products, is still unclear. A mutant strain of H. salinarum with deleted A and B flagellin genes...
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