bacterial-type flagellum filament

Known as: flagellar filament, flagellin-based flagellum filament 
The long (approximately 20 nm), thin external structure of the flagellum, which acts as a propeller. Examples of this component are found in bacteria… (More)
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Archaeal flagella, bacterial flagella and type IV pili: a comparison of genes and posttranslational modifications.
The archaeal flagellum is a unique motility organelle. While superficially similar to the bacterial flagellum, several… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
A bacterial flagellin, Vibrio vulnificus FlaB, has a strong mucosal adjuvant activity to induce protective immunity.
Flagellin, the structural component of flagellar filament in various locomotive bacteria, is the ligand for Toll-like receptor 5… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Characterizing the flagellar filament and the role of motility in bacterial prey-penetration by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
The predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus swims rapidly by rotation of a single, polar flagellum comprised of a helical… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Evasion of Toll-like receptor 5 by flagellated bacteria.
Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) recognizes an evolutionarily conserved site on bacterial flagellin that is required for flagellar… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Complete atomic model of the bacterial flagellar filament by electron cryomicroscopy
The bacterial flagellar filament is a helical propeller for bacterial locomotion. It is a helical assembly of a single protein… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Toll-like receptor 5 recognizes a conserved site on flagellin required for protofilament formation and bacterial motility
Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) recognizes bacterial flagellin and activates host inflammatory responses. In this study, we examine… (More)
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Review
1991
Review
1991
The bacterial flagellum and flagellar motor: structure, assembly and function.
The bacterial flagellum is a complex multicomponent structure which serves as the propulsive organelle for many species of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Salmonella typhimurium mutants defective in flagellar filament regrowth and sequence similarity of FliI to F0F1, vacuolar, and archaebacterial ATPase subunits.
Many flagellar proteins are exported by a flagellum-specific export pathway. In an initial attempt to characterize the apparatus… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Compliance of bacterial flagella measured with optical tweezers
THE development of the gradient force optical particle trap ('optical tweezers') has made it possible to manipulate biological… (More)
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Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Flagellar rotation and the mechanism of bacterial motility
BACTERIAL flagella are generally composed of three morphologically distinguishable regions: (a) the long flagellar filament which… (More)
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