Protein turbines. I: The bacterial flagellar motor.

@article{Elston1997, 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.}, author = {Elston, T. C. and Oster, G. }, citeulike-article-id = {2746736}, journal = {Biophys. J.}, keywords = {bacteria\_flagella\_project, biophysics}, month = {August}, number = {2}, pages = {703--721}, posted-at = {2008-05-02 19:15:17}, priority = {2}, title = {Protein turbines. I: The bacterial flagellar motor.}, url = {http://www.biophysj.org/cgi/content/abstract/73/2/703}, volume = {73}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - Elston1997 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2746736 TI - Protein turbines. I: The bacterial flagellar motor. JF - Biophys. J. VL - 73 IS - 2 SP - 703 EP - 721 N2 - 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. KW - bacteria_flagella_project KW - biophysics AU - Elston, TC AU - Oster, G PY - 1997/08/01/ UR - http://www.biophysj.org/cgi/content/abstract/73/2/703 ER -