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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6198-6206 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Bacteriology |
| Volume | 174 |
| Issue number | 19 |
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| State | Published - 1992 |