Bacterial flagellar motors: Study sheds light on their ion-driven mechanisms
When speaking of motors, most people think of those powering vehicles and human machinery. However, biological motors have ...
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NITech researchers shed light on the mechanisms of bacterial flagellar motors
Biological motors, which aid microorganism movement in fluids, are composed of two components—the rotor and stators. Despite ...
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Microscopy study of bacterial flagella motors could guide design of nanoscale machines
Researchers use cryo-electron microscopy to reveal how sodium ions power bacterial flagellar motors, providing insights for ...
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Certain bacteria perform a trick that could keep plants healthy
The protein that makes up flagella, called flagellin, is a potent trigger of immune responses in hosts from plants to humans. The researchers grew seedlings of Arabidopsis—a small plant in the ...
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Clostridia to the Rescue
Both flagella treatments led to the production of barrier protective IL-22 from intestines. “It's really fascinating that [the] same protein but different amino acids elicit different responses,” said ...
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NITech Unveils Bacterial Flagellar Motor Mechanisms
When speaking of motors, most people think of those powering vehicles and human machinery. However, biological motors have existed for millions of ...
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Bacteria That Synthesize Nano-sized Compasses to Navigate Using Earth's Geomagnetic Field
Iron is particularly important in magnetotactic bacteria not only because iron functions as a protein cofactor for ... magnetotactic bacteria also have a flagellum, which they use for mobility.