Viscous dynamics of lyme disease and syphilis spirochetes reveal flagellar torque and drag

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2273-2280

  Harman, Michael ^a   Vig, Dhruv K ^a   Radolf, Justin D ^b   Wolgemuth, Charles W ^a,b,c  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CYTOLOGY; FLAGELLUM; LYME DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYPHILIS; TORQUE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VISCOSITY;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FLAGELLA; LYME DISEASE; MOVEMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TORQUE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84887897521     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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