Roles of FliK and FlhB in determination of flagellar hook length in Salmonella typhimurium.

doi:10.1128/jb.176.17.5439-5449.1994

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Roles of FliK and FlhB in determination of flagellar hook length in Salmonella typhimurium.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 1994

Hirano T, Yamaguchi S, Oosawa K, Aizawa S

Abstract excerpt

The length of flagellar hooks isolated from wild-type and mutant cells with various hook lengths were measured on electron micrographs. The length of the wild-type hook showed a narrow distribution with a peak (+/- standard deviation) at 55.0 +/- 5.9 nm, whereas fliK mutants (so-called polyhook m...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Flagella
Genes, Bacterial
Genotype
Introns
Membrane Proteins
Microscopy, Electron
Mutation
Salmonella typhimurium
Suppression, Genetic

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