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Glossary & References / Keywords List / Definitions:
| Term to be defined | Definition | Synonyms & Keywords |
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| Flagellum | - "(1) Long,
thin, solid extracellular organelle of bacterial motility; composed of a protein,
belonging to the class of protein called flagellins; (2) undulipodium; long, fine, intrinsically motile intracellular structure used for
locomotion or feeding; covered by plasma
membrane and underlain by regular array of nine doublet microtubules and two
central microtubules composed of tubulin, dynein, and other proteins,
not flagellin; eukaryotic
"flagella" tend to be longer than cilia but have
the same internal structure; the term undulipodium
refers to both the "flagella" and the cilia of eukaryotes ."(B79 - Proctista (Protozoa etc.)
/ Animalia
(Animals) / Plantae
(Plants) associated terms) [Flagellar] "of or in reference to flagellae" (V.w6) |
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