title: Chemoreceptors and flagellar motors are subterminally located in close proximity at the two cell poles in spirochetes.
abstract: Green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions, immunofluorescence microscopy, and cryo-electron tomography revealed that the chemoreceptors of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi form long, thin arrays near both cell poles. These arrays are in close proximity to the flagellar motors. This information provides a basis for further understanding motility, chemotaxis, and protein localization in spirochetes.
authors: Department of Oral Biology, The State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 14214-3092, USA.
authors: Hongbin
authors: H
authors: Xu
authors: Gianmarco
authors: G
authors: Raddi
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Liu
authors: Nyles W
authors: NW
authors: Charon
authors: Chunhao
authors: C
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000737:chemistry*; D055032:Electron Microscope Tomography; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins