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. 2004 May;86(5):3204–3210. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74368-4

TABLE 1.

Mechanical properties of flagellar hook and filament determined by various methods

Filament
Hook
Author Year E (dyn/cm2) G (dyn/cm2) E (dyn/cm2) G (dyn/cm2)
Fujime 1972 1011
Fujime* 1972 1010
Hoshikawa 1985 1011–1012
Block 1991 108
Trachtenberg 1992 1011–1012
Flynn 2004 106–107
*

Recalculated by Hoshikawa and Kamiya (1985) based on updated filament dimensions.

Theoretical value calculated by QEDM in this work.