| Literature DB >> 17416662 |
Zalán Szabó1, Musa Sani, Maarten Groeneveld, Benham Zolghadr, James Schelert, Sonja-Verena Albers, Paul Blum, Egbert J Boekema, Arnold J M Driessen.
Abstract
Flagellation in archaea is widespread and is involved in swimming motility. Here, we demonstrate that the structural flagellin gene from the crenarchaeaon Sulfolobus solfataricus is highly expressed in stationary-phase-grown cells and under unfavorable nutritional conditions. A mutant in a flagellar auxiliary gene, flaJ, was found to be nonmotile. Electron microscopic imaging of the flagellum indicates that the filaments are composed of right-handed helices.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17416662 PMCID: PMC1913377 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00042-07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490