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SUBMITTER: Delalez NJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2895113 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Delalez Nicolas J NJ Wadhams George H GH Rosser Gabriel G Xue Quan Q Brown Mostyn T MT Dobbie Ian M IM Berry Richard M RM Leake Mark C MC Armitage Judith P JP
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100524 25
Most biological processes are performed by multiprotein complexes. Traditionally described as static entities, evidence is now emerging that their components can be highly dynamic, exchanging constantly with cellular pools. The bacterial flagellar motor contains approximately 13 different proteins and provides an ideal system to study functional molecular complexes. It is powered by transmembrane ion flux through a ring of stator complexes that push on a central rotor. The Escherichia coli motor ...[more]