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Putting a lid on it

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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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Figure 1: a, The structure of the bacterial flagellum is composed of three parts.
Figure 2: At the distal end of the bacterial flagellum, the five flexible leg domains of the planar cap attach to the cap at the distal end of the polymerizing filament.

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