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Evidence for the hook supercoiling mechanism of the bacterial flagellum

The bacterial flagellar hook is a short, highly curved tubular structure connecting the basal body as a rotary motor and the filament as a helical propeller to function as a universal joint to transmit motor torque to the filament regardless of its orientation. This highly curved form is known to be...

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Autores principales: Fujii, Takashi, Matsunami, Hideyuki, Inoue, Yumi, Namba, Keiichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Biophysical Society of Japan (BSJ) 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5873038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29607277
http://dx.doi.org/10.2142/biophysico.15.0_28