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Abstract
The bacterial flagellar motor is driven by a flux of ions between the cytoplasm and the periplasmic lumen. Here we show how an electrostatic mechanism can convert this ion flux into a rotary torque. We demonstrate that, with reasonable parameters, the model can reproduce many of the experimental measurements.Mesh:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9251788 PMCID: PMC1180968 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78104-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033