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Functional analysis of the Helicobacter pylori flagellar switch proteins.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 2009
Lowenthal Andrew C, Hill Marla, Sycuro Laura K, Mehmood Khalid, Salama Nina R, Ottemann Karen M
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori uses flagellum-mediated chemotaxis to promote infection. Bacterial flagella change rotational direction by changing the state of the flagellar motor via a subcomplex referred to as the switch. Intriguingly, the H. pylori genome encodes four switch complex proteins, FliM, FliN, FliY, and FliG, instead of the more typical three of Escherichia coli or Bacillus subtilis. Our goal was to examine...
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