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A new spin on flagellar rotation

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Many bacteria rely on their flagella for motility, yet the molecular mechanism of flagellar rotation was previously unclear. Recently, multiple papers solved the atomic structure of the bacterial flagellum stator complex, elucidating how these intricate molecular machines operate.

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Fig. 1: Molecular mechanism of the bacterial flagellum motor.

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  1. Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Natalie S. Al-Otaibi

  2. The Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, London, UK

    Julien R. C. Bergeron

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Al-Otaibi, N.S., Bergeron, J.R.C. A new spin on flagellar rotation. Nat Microbiol 5, 1455–1456 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-00820-9

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