Functional Regulators of Bacterial Flagella.

Functional Regulators of Bacterial Flagella. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2019 May 28;: Authors: Subramanian S, Kearns DB Abstract Bacteria move by a variety of mechanisms, but the best understood types of motility are powered by flagella (72). Flagella are complex machines embedded in the cell envelope with a long extracellular helical filament and rotates like a propeller to push cells through the environment. The flagellum is one of relatively few biological machines that experience continuous 360° rotation, and it is driven by one of the most powerful motors, relative to its size, on earth. The rotational force (torque) generated at the base of the flagellum is essential for motility, niche colonization, and pathogenesis. This review describes regulatory proteins that control motility at the level of torque generation. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Microbiology Volume 73 is September 9, 2019. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates. PMID: 31136265 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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