Noise underlies switching behavior of the bacterial flagellum

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2336-2340

  Park, Heungwon ^a,c   Oikonomou, Panos ^b,d   Guet, Calin C ^b,e   Cluzel, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 81255164925     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.09.040     Document Type: Article

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