HOWARD C. BERG



The Rowland Institute for Science and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA



Bacterial flagella: the tail that wags the dog

 

A brief review of bacterial flagellar structure and function, with an emphasis (probably) on the structure of flagellar filaments.



References:


1. Calladine, C.R. (1983) Construction and operation of bacterial flagella. Sci Prog., Oxf. 68: 365-385.

2. Aizawa, S.-I. (1996) Flagellar assembly in Salmonella typhimurium. Molecular Microbiology, 19(1): 1-5

3. Berg, H.C. (1995) Torque Generation by the Flagellar Rotary Motor. Biophysical Journal, 68:163s-167s

4. Fahrner, K.A.; Block, S.M.; Krishnaswamy, S.; Parkinson, J.S. and Berg, H.C. (1994) A mutant Hook-associated Protein (HAP3) Facilitates Torsionally Induced Transformations of the Flagellar Filament of Escherichia coli.. J. Mol. Biol. 238:173-186.