 Flagella
"Flagella" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A whiplike motility appendage present on the surface cells. Prokaryote flagella are composed of a protein called FLAGELLIN. Bacteria can have a single flagellum, a tuft at one pole, or multiple flagella covering the entire surface. In eukaryotes, flagella are threadlike protoplasmic extensions used to propel flagellates and sperm. Flagella have the same basic structure as CILIA but are longer in proportion to the cell bearing them and present in much smaller numbers. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)
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D005407
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A11.284.180.290
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| 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Flagella" by people in Profiles.
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Conrad JC. Physics of bacterial near-surface motility using flagella and type IV pili: implications for biofilm formation. Res Microbiol. 2012 Nov-Dec; 163(9-10):619-29.
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Treviño S, Sun Y, Cooper TF, Bassler KE. Robust detection of hierarchical communities from Escherichia coli gene expression data. PLoS Comput Biol. 2012; 8(2):e1002391.
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Conrad JC, Gibiansky ML, Jin F, Gordon VD, Motto DA, Mathewson MA, Stopka WG, Zelasko DC, Shrout JD, Wong GC. Flagella and pili-mediated near-surface single-cell motility mechanisms in P. aeruginosa. Biophys J. 2011 Apr 06; 100(7):1608-16.
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Gophna U, Ron EZ, Graur D. Bacterial type III secretion systems are ancient and evolved by multiple horizontal-transfer events. Gene. 2003 Jul 17; 312:151-63.
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Murray MJ. Salmonella: virulence factors and enteric salmonellosis. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1986 Jul 15; 189(2):145-7.
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