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The Bacterial Flagellar Motor

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Berry, R.M. (2004). The Bacterial Flagellar Motor. In: Skjeltorp, A.T., Belushkin, A.V. (eds) Forces, Growth and Form in Soft Condensed Matter: At the Interface between Physics and Biology. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 160. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2340-5_8

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