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Structure of the native supercoiled flagellar hook as a universal joint

The Bacterial flagellar hook is a short supercoiled tubular structure made from a helical assembly of the hook protein FlgE. The hook acts as a universal joint that connects the flagellar basal body and filament, and smoothly transmits torque generated by the rotary motor to the helical filament pro...

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Autores principales: Kato, Takayuki, Makino, Fumiaki, Miyata, Tomoko, Horváth, Péter, Namba, Keiichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6874566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31757961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13252-9