Construction and Loss of Bacterial Flagellar Filaments

The bacterial flagellar filament is an extracellular tubular protein structure that acts as a propeller for bacterial swimming motility. It is connected to the membrane-anchored rotary bacterial flagellar motor through a short hook. The bacterial flagellar filament consists of approximately 20,000 f...

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Main Authors: Xiang-Yu Zhuang, Chien-Jung Lo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Biomolecules
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/10/11/1528