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A three-start helical sheath on the flagellar filament of Caulobacter crescentus

Year: 1992

Type: article

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.

Source: Journal of Bacteriology

DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.19.6198-6206.1992

Authors: S Trachtenberg, D J DeRosier

Institutions: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Award: G862095617