Theoretical and computational investigation of flagellin translocation and bacterial flagellum growth

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2548-2556

  Tanner, David E ^a,c   Ma, Wen ^a,c   Chen, Zhongzhou ^b   Schulten, Klaus ^a,b,c  

^a Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology   (United States)

^b Department of Physics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79960336927     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.04.036     Document Type: Article

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