Isolation and characterization of FliK-independent flagellation mutants from Salmonella typhimurium.

doi:10.1128/jb.176.24.7625-7629.1994

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Isolation and characterization of FliK-independent flagellation mutants from Salmonella typhimurium.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 1994

Kutsukake K, Minamino T, Yokoseki T

Abstract excerpt

A flagellum of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli consists of three structural parts, a basal body, a hook, and a filament. Because the fliK mutants produce elongated hooks, called polyhooks, lacking filament portions, the fliK gene product has been believed to be involved in both the de...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Cell Movement
Chromosome Mapping
Flagella
Gene Dosage
Membrane Proteins
Mutation
Salmonella typhimurium
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Suppression, Genetic

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