Torque-generating units of the bacterial flagellar motor step independently

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 918-923

  Samuel, Aravinthan D T ^b   Berg, Howard C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; TORQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029738509     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79295-0     Document Type: Article

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