Direct observation of steps in rotation of the bacterial flagellar motor

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7060, 2005, Pages 916-919

  Sowa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Rowe, Alexander D ^b   Leake, Mark C ^b   Yakushi, Toshiharu ^a   Homma, Michio ^a   Ishijima, Akihiko ^a,c   Berry, Richard M ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SODIUM;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLAR; CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANES; FLAGELLAR MOTORS; TORQUE GENERATION;

BACTERIA;

SODIUM ION;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TORQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STATOR;

EID: 27144534030     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04003     Document Type: Article

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