- Following the Behavior of the Flagellar Rotary Motor Near Zero Load.
Following the Behavior of the Flagellar Rotary Motor Near Zero Load.
Experimental mechanics (2010-11-01)
J Yuan, H C Berg
PMID24249872
ABSTRACT
At room temperature at stall, the flagellar motor of the bacterium Escherichia coli exerts a torque of ~1300 pN nm. At zero external load, it spins ~330 Hz. A robust method for studying the motor near zero load is reviewed here.
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Anti-Rabbit IgG (whole molecule) antibody produced in goat, IgG fraction of antiserum, buffered aqueous solution