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X-Ray Diffraction Study of the Structure of Bacterial Flagella

Nature volume 163, pages 280–282 (1949)Cite this article

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FOLLOWING on the demonstration by Gard1 of the practicability of obtaining the flagella from bacterial cultures in fair yields and in a highly purified state more detailed chemical and physicochemical investigations are now being undertaken under a scheme supported by the Swedish Natural Science Research Council. Data have already been published by Weibull and Tiselius2 on the flagellar material prepared by Gard from Salmonella paratyphi B., and by Weibull3 on the flagella of the harmless and easily cultivated Proteus vulgaris. The present communication is a preliminary account of an X-ray diffraction study of flagellar material prepared at Uppsala and brought to Leeds.

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  1. Department of Biomolecular Structure, University of Leeds,

    W. T. ASTBURY

  2. Institutes of Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Uppsala,

    C. WEIBULL

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ASTBURY, W., WEIBULL, C. X-Ray Diffraction Study of the Structure of Bacterial Flagella. Nature 163, 280–282 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163280b0

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