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. 1997 Aug;73(2):703–721. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78104-9

Protein turbines. I: The bacterial flagellar motor.

T C Elston 1, G Oster 1
PMCID: PMC1180968  PMID: 9251788

Abstract

The bacterial flagellar motor is driven by a flux of ions between the cytoplasm and the periplasmic lumen. Here we show how an electrostatic mechanism can convert this ion flux into a rotary torque. We demonstrate that, with reasonable parameters, the model can reproduce many of the experimental measurements.

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