A cap at the tip of the bacterial flagellum uses a dynamic differential binding of individual subunits to allow the filament tip to grow, achieving control of assembly far from the point of protein translation.
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Hughes, K., Aldridge, P. Putting a lid on it. Nat Struct Mol Biol 8, 96–97 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/84194
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