Flagellum complexity (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, December 03, 2012, 17:23 (4182 days ago)

This flagellum is way more complex than the famous E. coli item:-http://www.fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp/eng/general/lab/02/-Much higher speed and many more parts. How do you bet that chance is behind this bio-machine developed through evolution?-"The flagellar motors are only 30 to 40 nm in diameter, and yet, they rotate as fast as 20,000 to 100,000 rpm. We try to understand the mechanism of torque generation by studying the three-dimensional structure and dynamic behavior of its rotation at high spatial and temporal resolution." -Look at the pictures!