Torque-speed relationship of the flagellar rotary motor of Escherichia coli

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1036-1041

  Chen, Xiaobing ^b   Berg, Howard C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; TORQUE; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034036156     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76662-8     Document Type: Article

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