An electrostatic model of the bacterial flagellar motor

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-24

  Walz, Dieter ^a   Caplan, S Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacterial flagellar motor; Electrostatic interaction; Swimming speed of bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTATICS; MACROMOLECULES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTONS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLAR MOTOR;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; FLAGELLUM; MODEL;

EID: 0032215165     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(98)00178-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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