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X-ray fibre diffraction analysis of bacterial flagellar filaments has allowed the subunit packing and secondary structure arrangement in the filament core to be determined. The central hole, presumably a channel for flagellin transport is large enough to accommodate the folded elongated flagellin molecules during their transport to the distal end for filament growth.
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Namba, K., Yamashita, I. & Vonderviszt, F. Structure of the core and central channel of bacterial flagella. Nature 342, 648–654 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/342648a0
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