Steps in the bacterial flagellar motor.

The bacterial flagellar motor is a highly efficient rotary machine used by many bacteria to propel themselves. It has recently been shown that at low speeds its rotation proceeds in steps. Here we propose a simple physical model, based on the storage of energy in protein springs, that accounts for t...

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Main Authors: Thierry Mora, Howard Yu, Yoshiyuki Sowa, Ned S Wingreen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2759076?pdf=render