Model studies of the dynamics of bacterial flagellar motors

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3154-3167

  Bai, Fan ^a   Lo, Chien Jung ^a   Berry, Richard M ^a   Xing, Jianhua ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; ENERGY; FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; THEORETICAL STUDY; TORQUE; VELOCITY; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; TORQUE;

EID: 67449102930     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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