Abstract |
An unusual feature in preparations of the Caulobacter crescentus flagellar filaments is that some filaments are surrounded by a set of three windings that form a sheath. We provide evidence that the sheath is composed of subunits having a molecular mass of 24,000 Da. We suggest that the sheath could be composed of protofilaments of flagellin wound around the filament.
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Authors | S Trachtenberg, D J DeRosier |
Journal | Journal of bacteriology
(J Bacteriol)
Vol. 174
Issue 19
Pg. 6198-206
(Oct 1992)
ISSN: 0021-9193 [Print] United States |
PMID | 1400169
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Topics |
- Caulobacter crescentus
(ultrastructure)
- Flagella
(ultrastructure)
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
- Microscopy, Electron
- Protein Conformation
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