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