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. 1988 Jul;170(7):3305–3309. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.7.3305-3309.1988

Construction of a minimum-size functional flagellin of Escherichia coli.

G Kuwajima 1
PMCID: PMC211289  PMID: 3290204

Abstract

Various deletions were introduced into the central region of Escherichia coli flagellin (497 residues) without destroying its ability to form flagellar filaments. The smallest flagellin retained only the N-terminal 193 residues and the C-terminal 117 residues, which are suggested to be the domains essential for filament formation.

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