Measurement of bacterial flagellar thrust by negative dielectrophoresis

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-249

  Hughes, Michael P ^a   Morgan, Hywel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLUM MOTILITY; MICROBIAL FUNCTION; NEGATIVE DIELECTROPHORESIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORESIS;

NEGATIVE DIELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLAGELLA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033104142     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp990019+     Document Type: Article

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