Table 1. Morphometric analysis of intercrossed filaments of the intermediate domain of flagella in different bending states.

Bending states	Angles (°)AFM	Angles (°)Deep-etching
Low curvature	74±0.7	85±0.5
Medium curvature	81±0.7	100±0.8
High curvature	98±0.8	112±1.3

Comparison between deep-etching replicas and AFM data. Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.