Statistical kinetics of the bacterial flagellar motor

Aravinthan D. T. Samuel and Howard C. Berg
Phys. Rev. E 55, 7801 – Published 1 June 1997
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Abstract

The statistical behavior of the bacterial flagellar motor matches that of a Poisson stepper that takes at least 400 steps per revolution. Using this fact, we study the effect of motor stochastics on experiments in which fluorescent motors, initially synchronized by polarization photobleaching, become uncorrelated.

  • Received 26 December 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.55.7801

©1997 American Physical Society

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Aravinthan D. T. Samuel and Howard C. Berg

  • Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
  • and Rowland Institute for Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

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Vol. 55, Iss. 6 — June 1997

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