2018
Visualizing Chemoreceptor Arrays in Bacterial Minicells by Cryo-Electron Tomography and Subtomogram Analysis
Qin Z, Hu B, Liu J. Visualizing Chemoreceptor Arrays in Bacterial Minicells by Cryo-Electron Tomography and Subtomogram Analysis. Methods In Molecular Biology 2018, 1729: 187-199. PMID: 29429093, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7577-8_17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCryo-electron tomographyChemoreceptor arraysCheW coupling proteinLarge macromolecular assembliesChemotaxis arraysSubtomogram analysisCheA kinaseBacterial chemoreceptorsCellular contextCoupling proteinMacromolecular assembliesChemotaxis signalingMolecular levelSitu structurePrecise architectureBacterial minicellsMinicellsUnique toolKinaseSignalingProteinSubtomogramsAssemblyConcertAmplification
2016
Imaging the Motility and Chemotaxis Machineries in Helicobacter pylori by Cryo-Electron Tomography
Qin Z, Lin WT, Zhu S, Franco AT, Liu J. Imaging the Motility and Chemotaxis Machineries in Helicobacter pylori by Cryo-Electron Tomography. Journal Of Bacteriology 2016, 199: 10.1128/jb.00695-16. PMID: 27849173, PMCID: PMC5237115, DOI: 10.1128/jb.00695-16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCryo-electron tomographyChemotaxis arraysUnipolar flagellaBacterial pathogensFlagella-driven motilityMultiple unipolar flagellaNovel structural insightsFlagellar assemblyChemotaxis machineryFlagellar poleAssembly intermediatesFlagellar rotationFlagellar motorCell envelopeStructural insightsMembrane sheathSheathed flagellumMolecular mechanismsUnique motilityH. pylori cellsFlagellaSitu structureHigh-viscosity environmentsPylori cellsMotility