A chain mechanism for flagellum growth

Lewis D. B. Evans, Simon Poulter, Eugene M. Terentjev, Colin Hughes and Gillian M. Fraser ()
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Lewis D. B. Evans: University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
Simon Poulter: University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
Eugene M. Terentjev: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 OHE, UK
Colin Hughes: University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
Gillian M. Fraser: University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK

Nature, 2013, vol. 504, issue 7479, 287-290

Abstract: Growth of a flagellum outside the bacterial cell proceeds by successive subunit acquisition from the cell export machinery to form a chain that is pulled to the flagellum tip, where subunit crystallization provides the entropic force to drive the process.

Date: 2013
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