Successive incorporation of force-generating units in the bacterial rotary motor.

doi:10.1038/309470a0

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Successive incorporation of force-generating units in the bacterial rotary motor.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Block S M, Berg H C

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Mot mutants of Escherichia coli are paralysed: their flagella appear to be intact but do not rotate. The motA and motB gene products are found in the cytoplasmic membrane; they do not co-purify with flagellar basal bodies isolated in neutral detergents. Silverman et al. found that mot mutants cou...

Topics

Cell Movement
Escherichia coli
Flagella
Genes, Bacterial
Mutation
Rotation
Species Specificity

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