2021
Role of the major determinant of polar flagellation FlhG in the endoflagella‐containing spirochete Leptospira
Fule L, Halifa R, Fontana C, Sismeiro O, Legendre R, Varet H, Coppée J, Murray GL, Adler B, Hendrixson DR, Buschiazzo A, Guo S, Liu J, Picardeau M. Role of the major determinant of polar flagellation FlhG in the endoflagella‐containing spirochete Leptospira. Molecular Microbiology 2021, 116: 1392-1406. PMID: 34657338, DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWild-type strainSaprophyte L. biflexaCross-species complementationComparative transcriptome analysisPathogen L. interrogansFlagellar basal bodyCryo-electron tomographySpirochete LeptospiraSpiral-shaped morphologyFlagellar genesFlhGNumerical regulationTranscriptome analysisPeriplasmic flagellaFlhFCell motilityNegative regulatorBasal bodiesBacterial speciesL. biflexaMutantsGel-like environmentL. interrogansFlagellaBacteria
2018
FcpB Is a Surface Filament Protein of the Endoflagellum Required for the Motility of the Spirochete Leptospira
Wunder EA, Slamti L, Suwondo DN, Gibson KH, Shang Z, Sindelar CV, Trajtenberg F, Buschiazzo A, Ko AI, Picardeau M. FcpB Is a Surface Filament Protein of the Endoflagellum Required for the Motility of the Spirochete Leptospira. Frontiers In Cellular And Infection Microbiology 2018, 8: 130. PMID: 29868490, PMCID: PMC5953323, DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnique motility apparatusRandom transposon mutantsWild-type morphologyCryo-electron microscopyHypothetical genesMotility-deficient mutantsMotility apparatusFlagellar proteinsTransposon mutantsMotility phenotypeNovel componentUnknown functionProtein B.Spiral-shaped endsFilament proteinsMutantsGenesSpirochete LeptospiraFCPbEndoflagellaBacteriaProteinFilamentsPhenotypeSurface components
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