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PMID: 8795158 Published · ppublish English Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Review

Spinning tails: homologies among bacterial flagellar systems.

Trends in microbiology ·Vol. 4 ·No. 6 ·1996-06-00 ·Pages 226-31

Harshey RM, Toguchi A

Abstract

The bacterial flagellum is a magnificent motion machine that guides the cell in directions dictated by diverse sensory signals. This article reviews the structure and function of this organelle in the context of bacterial variety, and examines a tantalizing connection between motility and virulence that appears to be emerging.

MeSH Terms

Bacillus subtilis/physiology,ultrastructure Bacteria/pathogenicity,ultrastructure Bacterial Physiological Phenomena Bacterial Proteins/physiology Caulobacter/physiology,ultrastructure Chemotaxis/physiology Escherichia coli/physiology,ultrastructure Flagella/physiology,ultrastructure Movement/physiology Salmonella typhimurium/physiology,ultrastructure Virulence/physiology

Chemicals

Bacterial Proteins

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Harshey R M

Dept of Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA. rasika@uts.cc.utexas.edu

Toguchi A

Article Info

Journal

Trends in microbiology

Abbr.

Trends Microbiol

ISSN

0966-842X

DOI

10.1016/0966-842X(96)10037-8

rasika@uts.cc.utexas.edu

Published

1996-06-00

Pages

226-31

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

9310916

Subset

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