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In this issue, a long-awaited report sheds new light on the strange performance of bacterial flagellar filaments. We now have high-resolution data on two different, 'switched' versions of the structure.

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Figure 1: Highly schematic picture of a Salmonella bacterium 'at rest', showing the cell, motors and 'normal' left-handed helical flagellar filaments.
Figure 2: Distinct features of the L- and R-type filaments.

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Calladine, C. New twists for bacterial flagella. Nat Struct Mol Biol 17, 395–396 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb0410-395

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