Biologically Active Substance
flagellin Audio
fla·gel·lin
Subclass of:
Bacterial Proteins
Definitions related to flagellin:
  • A protein with a molecular weight of 40,000 isolated from bacterial flagella. At appropriate pH and salt concentration, three flagellin monomers can spontaneously reaggregate to form structures which appear identical to intact flagella.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Diverse group of proteins found in flagella, including motor proteins (e.g. myosin), fibrous structural proteins (e.g. keratin), adhesion proteins (e.g. fibronectin), and others.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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