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TY - JOUR AU - SILVERMAN, MICHAEL AU - SIMON, MELVIN PY - 1974 DA - 1974/05/01 TI - Flagellar rotation and the mechanism of bacterial motility JO - Nature SP - 73 EP - 74 VL - 249 IS - 5452 AB - BACTERIAL flagella are generally composed of three morphologically distinguishable regions: (a) the long flagellar filament which accounts for more than 95% of the flagellar protein; (b) the hook, which is generally 80–90 nm long and has a characteristic shape, and (c) the basal structure which is composed of an intricate set of disks and rods attaching the hook to the cell membrane and cell wall1–3. SN - 1476-4687 UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/249073a0 DO - 10.1038/249073a0 ID - SILVERMAN1974 ER -