| Literature DB >> 18849436 |
Nicholas C Darnton1, Howard C Berg.
Abstract
There are mutants of Salmonella enterica (with mutations in fliF and fliL) that shed flagella when they are swimming in a viscous medium or on the surface of soft agar. Filaments with hooks and the distal rod segment FlgG are recovered. We tried to extract flagellar filaments from such cells by pulling on them with an optical trap but failed, even when we used forces large enough to straighten the filaments. Thus, flagella are firmly anchored.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18849436 PMCID: PMC2593247 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00908-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490