TY - JOUR
T1 - Bacterial flagellar diversity and evolution: seek simplicity and distrust it?
AU - Snyder, Lori
AU - Loman, Nicholas
AU - Futterer, Klaus
AU - Pallen, Mark
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - Flagella are the chief organelles of motility in bacteria. In recent years, several new findings have illuminated the evolution of bacterial flagella, including cut-down versions of the organelle in Buchnera, a dispensable ATPase and structural evidence for homology between FliG (a component of the flagellar motor) and MgtE (a magnesium transporter). However, a fresh examination of the phylogenetic distribution of flagellar genes warns against a simplistic model of early flagellar evolution.
AB - Flagella are the chief organelles of motility in bacteria. In recent years, several new findings have illuminated the evolution of bacterial flagella, including cut-down versions of the organelle in Buchnera, a dispensable ATPase and structural evidence for homology between FliG (a component of the flagellar motor) and MgtE (a magnesium transporter). However, a fresh examination of the phylogenetic distribution of flagellar genes warns against a simplistic model of early flagellar evolution.
U2 - 10.1016/j.tim.2008.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.tim.2008.10.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 19081724
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Trends in Microbiology
JF - Trends in Microbiology
IS - 1
ER -