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Abstract
Measurements of the variance in rotation period of tethered cells as a function of mean rotation rate have shown that the flagellar motor of Escherichia coli is a stepping motor. Here, by measurement of the variance in rotation period as a function of the number of active torque-generating units, it is shown that each unit steps independently.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8842231 PMCID: PMC1233549 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79295-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033