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Flagellar rotation and the mechanism of bacterial motility

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BACTERIAL flagella are generally composed of three morphologically distinguishable regions: (a) the long flagellar filament which accounts for more than 95% of the flagellar protein; (b) the hook, which is generally 80–90 nm long and has a characteristic shape, and (c) the basal structure which is composed of an intricate set of disks and rods attaching the hook to the cell membrane and cell wall1–3.

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    Present address: Department of Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, 80220

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SILVERMAN, M., SIMON, M. Flagellar rotation and the mechanism of bacterial motility. Nature 249, 73–74 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249073a0

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