Directional Switching Mechanism of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor

Bacteria sense temporal changes in extracellular stimuli via sensory signal transducers and move by rotating flagella towards into a favorable environment for their survival. Each flagellum is a supramolecular motility machine consisting of a bi-directional rotary motor, a universal joint and a heli...

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Main Authors: Tohru Minamino, Miki Kinoshita, Keiichi Namba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2001037019302338