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Structural basis for curvature generation and functional specialization in spirochete flagella

2026-02-04

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Spirochetes are a distinctive phylum of spiral-shaped bacteria, defined by their curved periplasmic flagella, which drive motility by deforming the cell body and enabling efficient corkscrew-like propulsion through viscous environments. Despite their clinical importance, the molecular mechanisms underlying flagellar assembly, curvature and thus motility, remain poorly understood. Here we used cryo-electron microsc...

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Literature Corpus work: 58f96b84-0252-5784-81d3-f3e897b1f784
DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.04.703737

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