Evidence for symmetry in the elementary process of bidirectional torque generation by the bacterial flagellar motor

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

Volumn 107, Issue 41, 2010, Pages 17616-17620

  Nakamura, Shuichi ^a   Kami ike, Nobunori ^a   Yokota, Jun Ichi P ^a   Minamino, Tohru ^a,b   Namba, Keiichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FliG; MotAB stator complex; Salmonella; Stepping rotation; Switch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; NANOPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SALMONELLA; TORQUE;

BIOMECHANICS; FLAGELLA; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; ROTATION; SALMONELLA; TORQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA;

EID: 78049309085     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007448107     Document Type: Article

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