flagellum
whiplike protoplasmic process for locomotion
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Flagellum
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Flagellum
(Science: cell biology) long thin projection from a cell used in movement.
flagellum -- n. Hair-like structure attached to a cell, used for locomotion in many protists and prokaryotes.
flagellum pl. flagella
(fla-jell-um) [L. flagellum, whip]
A long cellular appendage specialized for locomotion, formed from a core of nine outer doublet microtubules and two inner single microtubules, ...
Flagellum (fluh-JELL-um) (plural: flagella) A long, taillike structure extending from a cell. Sperm and many microorganisms move using flagella.
flagellum - a whip-like filament projecting from a bacterium or zoospore and functioning as an organ of locomotion. Also called a cilium. (Glossary of PM) ...
Flagellum one or two‚ longer‚ "hair-like" or "tail-like" structures on the surface of some types of cells as a means of locomotion‚ contain microtubules organized according to the "9+2 formula"
(flagellum = whip) ...
flagellum (pl. flagella)
A long cellular appendage specialized for locomotion, ensheathed in an extension of plasma membrane.
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flame cell
A cell specialized for excretion found in platyhelminths.
flagellum Whiplike cellular structure of motility; eukaryotic flagella are composed of microtubules.
flagging behavior Alarm signaling, as with the use of the tail.
A flagellum is a structure that allows the cell locomotion, usually in a suspended culture. So they will use those for chemotaxis, to move from one point to another.
Each cilium or flagellum grows out from, and remains attached to, a basal body embedded in the cytoplasm. Basal bodies are identical to centrioles and are, in fact, produced by them.
Primary Cilia ...
Each cilium or flagellum has a basal body located at its base.
Basal bodies anchor the cilia or flagella and are thought to be responsible for their formation.
Flagellum - an extension on many unicellular organisms that enables movement through whip-like motions ...
While a flagellum is a long tail structure, cilia are short little hairs. The classic example of a ciliate protist is a Paramecium. They are the very complex protists that have little hairs all over their body.
Flagella - Flagella (singular, flagellum) are hairlike structures that provide a means of locomotion for those bacteria that have them. They can be found at either or both ends of a bacterium or all over its surface.
Bacteria have flagella, shown in Figure 6, although the bacterial flagellum has a different microtubule structure than the flagella of eukaryotes.
It is equipped with a flagellum (cilia in some organisms) and mitochondria to provide energy for the motility.
axoneme - the motor section of the flagellum which is a construction of microtubules emanating from the centriole at the base of the flagellum.
Bilateria - group containing all multicellular animals with bilateral symmetry.
The purpose of flagella (sing., flagellum) is motility. Flagella are long appendages which rotate by means of a "motor" located just under the cytoplasmic membrane. Bacteria may have one, a few, or many flagella in different positions on the cell.
basal body A structure at the base of a cilium or flagellum; consists of nine triplet microtubules arranged in a circle with no central microtubule.
base A substance that lowers the hydrogen ion concentration in a solution.
at one end or pole of the cell (e.g., a flagellum, spore inclusion, germ tube, etc.).
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Proteins are the more complex and functionally more versatile among biomolecules, as for cell composition, because proteins form structures like membranes, micro fibers, skeletons, cilia, flagellums, etc.
Funicle: The portion of the flagellum of the antenna closest to the club.
Mota and motb A pair of bacterial proteins that form a ring around the base of the flagellum and, in conjunction with flig, form a proton channel that drives the rotation of the flagellum.
a microtubule-dependent motor protein; cytoplasmic dyneins work in organelle transport and mitosis, whereas the closely related ciliary dyneins are attatched to outer doublet microtubules in a cilium or flagellum, ...
These are the tight regulation of chromosomal replication and the temporally and spatially regulated biogenesis of the flagellum.
transport system or the site of photosynthetic energy metabolism is located in the cytoplasmic membrane. The ribosomes of the prokaryotes are the site of protein synthesis. Many prokaryotes are immotile, but some have either a single flagellum or ...
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