Comparative study of the ion flux pathway in stator units of proton- and sodium-driven flagellar motors

Biophysics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 45-52

  Sudo, Yuki ^a,b   Terashima, Hiroyuki ^a   Abe Yoshizumi, Rei ^a   Kojima, Seiji ^a   Homma, Michio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria locomotion; Ion flux; Membrane protein; Molecular motor; Motility; Taxis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 70350046505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13492942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2142/biophysics.5.45     Document Type: Article

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