Asymmetry in the clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the bacterial flagellar motor

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 12846-12849

  Yuan, Junhua ^a   Fahrner, Karen A ^a   Turner, Linda ^b   Berg, Howard C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular motor; Motility; Nanogold; Switch

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN CHEY; MOLECULAR MOTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL MOTILITY; FLAGELLUM; MOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUTATION; ROTATION; TORQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77955609496     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007333107     Document Type: Article

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