Torque generated by the bacterial flagellar motor close to stall

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3501-3510

  Berry, Richard M ^a   Berg, Howard C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; ROTATION; TORQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029770052     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79545-0     Document Type: Article

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