Conformational spread in the flagellar motor switch: A model study

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ma, Qi ^a   Nicolau, Dan V ^b   Maini, Philip K ^c   Berry, Richard M ^c   Bai, Fan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MUTAGENESIS;

A-RINGS; ALLOSTERIC MODEL; BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS; E. COLI; FLAGELLAR MOTORS; HILL COEFFICIENT; MODEL-BASED OPC; MODELLING STUDIES; SIGNALLING PROTEINS; SWITCHES DIRECTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CHEY PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; METHYL-ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84863650732     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002523     Document Type: Article

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