The switching dynamics of the bacterial flagellar motor

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Van Albada, Siebe B ^a,b   Tǎnase Nicola, Sorin ^a,c   Ten Wolde, Pieter Rein ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chemotaxis; Fluctuations; Modeling; Supramolecular assemblies

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CHEMOTAXIS; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TORQUE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLAGELLUM; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; FLAGELLA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS;

EID: 73149086181     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2009.74     Document Type: Article

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