Frequent pauses in Escherichia coli flagella elongation revealed by single cell real-time fluorescence imaging

The bacterial flagellar filament is assembled from tens of thousands of flagellin subunits that are exported by a dedicated secretion system. Here, the authors show that, on average, the growth rate of flagella in E. coli decays as flagella lengthen, with large variations due to frequent pauses.

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Main Authors: Ziyi Zhao, Yifan Zhao, Xiang-Yu Zhuang, Wei-Chang Lo, Matthew A. B. Baker, Chien-Jung Lo, Fan Bai
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/06d6d65247c848469fd55b5ee1b1c8ea
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