Giant flagellins form thick flagellar filaments in two species of marine γ-proteobacteria.

Flagella, the primary means of motility in bacteria, are helical filaments that function as microscopic propellers composed of thousands of copies of the protein flagellin. Here, we show that many bacteria encode "giant" flagellins, greater than a thousand amino acids in length, and that t...

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Main Authors: Nicholas M Thomson, Josie L Ferreira, Teige R Matthews-Palmer, Morgan Beeby, Mark J Pallen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6248924?pdf=render