2022
Identification and Characterization of the Alternative σ28 Factor in Treponema denticola
Kurniyati K, Chang Y, Liu J, Li C. Identification and Characterization of the Alternative σ28 Factor in Treponema denticola. Journal Of Bacteriology 2022, 204: e00248-22. PMID: 36043861, PMCID: PMC9487585, DOI: 10.1128/jb.00248-22.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDependent promotersTranscription factorsSpirochete Treponema denticolaGene expressionOral spirochete Treponema denticolaCryo-electron tomography analysisFlagellin gene expressionExpression of flagellinSite-directed mutagenesisFlagellar regulationChemotaxis genesPeriplasmic flagellaRNA polymeraseFliABacterial motilityTranscriptional factorsLate promoterExternal flagellaLines of evidenceEscherichia coliPromoterT. denticolaBiochemical analysisEssential roleE. coli
2018
The Vibrio H-Ring Facilitates the Outer Membrane Penetration of the Polar Sheathed Flagellum
Zhu S, Nishikino T, Kojima S, Homma M, Liu J. The Vibrio H-Ring Facilitates the Outer Membrane Penetration of the Polar Sheathed Flagellum. Journal Of Bacteriology 2018, 200: 10.1128/jb.00387-18. PMID: 30104237, PMCID: PMC6182240, DOI: 10.1128/jb.00387-18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolar sheathed flagellumPeriplasmic flagellaExternal flagellaOuter membraneSheathed flagellumBacterial life cycleCryo-electron tomographyWild-type cellsInternal periplasmic flagellaMultiple peritrichous flagellaRemarkable nanomachinesFlagellar genesPeritrichous flagellaPeriplasmic spaceMost bacteriaNovel functionMolecular basisBacterial flagellaMajor organellesBacterial speciesFlagellaMembrane penetrationH-ringGenesLife cycle