{
  "id": 567603,
  "title": "Question about Flagellar Motors Shape",
  "url": "/competitions/byu-locating-bacterial-flagellar-motors-2025/discussion/567603",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-03-11T04:39:15.802514600Z",
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  "content": "<p>Sorry but I don't know much about bacterial flagellar. I am trying to understand its 3d structure. Given 3d point information and axis length data, flagellar motors do appear to have a roughly 3d spherical shape.  Am I correct?</p>",
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    {
      "id": "3146632",
      "postDate": "03/11/2025 04:39:15",
      "content": "<p>Sorry but I don't know much about bacterial flagellar. I am trying to understand its 3d structure. Given 3d point information and axis length data, flagellar motors do appear to have a roughly 3d spherical shape.  Am I correct?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Sorry but I don't know much about bacterial flagellar. I am trying to understand its 3d structure. Given 3d point information and axis length data, flagellar motors do appear to have a roughly 3d spherical shape.  Am I correct?",
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    {
      "id": "3146743",
      "postDate": "03/11/2025 07:55:42",
      "content": "<p>Depends on the viewing angle. I suggest you click on this <a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=bacterial+flagellar+motors\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>link</strong></a> which will Google <code>bacterial flagellar motors</code> and look through the <code>Images</code> section.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.ibb.co/Ldz8jcFL/12029-flagellar-motor-assembly-393047-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<img src=\"https://i.ibb.co/5hsKMSFw/image-5612-1-Bacterial-Motors.jpg\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Depends on the viewing angle. I suggest you click on this [**link**](https://www.google.com/search?q=bacterial+flagellar+motors) which will Google `bacterial flagellar motors` and look through the `Images` section.\n\n![](https://i.ibb.co/Ldz8jcFL/12029-flagellar-motor-assembly-393047-crop.jpg)\n![](https://i.ibb.co/5hsKMSFw/image-5612-1-Bacterial-Motors.jpg)",
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    },
    {
      "id": "3146832",
      "postDate": "03/11/2025 09:49:45",
      "content": "<p>Tilii has some nice graphics that show it from a molecular level. If you're interested in how this relates to the task at hand, the images in this notebook might be useful. We basically need to predict where the tail meets the body of the bacteria. <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/chemdatafarmer/getting-started-eda-and-visualization\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/chemdatafarmer/getting-started-eda-and-visualization</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Tilii has some nice graphics that show it from a molecular level. If you're interested in how this relates to the task at hand, the images in this notebook might be useful. We basically need to predict where the tail meets the body of the bacteria. https://www.kaggle.com/code/chemdatafarmer/getting-started-eda-and-visualization",
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    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3146743,
      "author_name": "tilii7",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/11/2025 07:55:42",
      "content": "<p>Depends on the viewing angle. I suggest you click on this <a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=bacterial+flagellar+motors\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>link</strong></a> which will Google <code>bacterial flagellar motors</code> and look through the <code>Images</code> section.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.ibb.co/Ldz8jcFL/12029-flagellar-motor-assembly-393047-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<img src=\"https://i.ibb.co/5hsKMSFw/image-5612-1-Bacterial-Motors.jpg\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3146832,
      "author_name": "chemdatafarmer",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/11/2025 09:49:45",
      "content": "<p>Tilii has some nice graphics that show it from a molecular level. If you're interested in how this relates to the task at hand, the images in this notebook might be useful. We basically need to predict where the tail meets the body of the bacteria. <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/chemdatafarmer/getting-started-eda-and-visualization\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/chemdatafarmer/getting-started-eda-and-visualization</a></p>",
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    "3146632": "Sorry but I don't know much about bacterial flagellar. I am trying to understand its 3d structure. Given 3d point information and axis length data, flagellar motors do appear to have a roughly 3d spherical shape.  Am I correct?",
    "3146743": "Depends on the viewing angle. I suggest you click on this [**link**](https://www.google.com/search?q=bacterial+flagellar+motors) which will Google `bacterial flagellar motors` and look through the `Images` section.\n\n![](https://i.ibb.co/Ldz8jcFL/12029-flagellar-motor-assembly-393047-crop.jpg)\n![](https://i.ibb.co/5hsKMSFw/image-5612-1-Bacterial-Motors.jpg)",
    "3146832": "Tilii has some nice graphics that show it from a molecular level. If you're interested in how this relates to the task at hand, the images in this notebook might be useful. We basically need to predict where the tail meets the body of the bacteria. https://www.kaggle.com/code/chemdatafarmer/getting-started-eda-and-visualization"
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