Following the Behavior of the Flagellar Rotary Motor Near Zero Load.
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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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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Experimental mechanics
دوره 50 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010