Observed arrival · 2026-10-20
The bacterial flagellar motor, in miniature
An interactive cutaway presents the molecular machinery of an E. coli cell, with controls for exploring its layers and the flagellar motor.
- For
- Readers exploring bacterial cell structure
- Worth noticing
- The page labels molecular shapes as references, not a complete inventory of bacterial proteins.
Field notes
The interface lists controls for pausing, changing playback speed, reversing the motor, adjusting section depth, and selecting render quality. Its live-simulation description names the Howard et al. Min reaction–diffusion model and a CheY-P switching curve measured by Cluzel et al.; the page says whole-cell protein layers use PaxDb counts, UniProt compartments, and AlphaFold shapes. It cautions that motor geometry, scale, pathways, and speed are schematic, and representative protein shapes are not a full inventory.
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