Torque generated by the flagellar motor of Escherichia coli while driven backward

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 580-587

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; ROTATION; TORQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032960155     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77226-7     Document Type: Article

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