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Descriptor English: Flagella
Descriptor Spanish: Flagelos
Descriptor flagelos
Scope note: Apéndices con movilidad en forma de látigo que se encuentran en la superficie de las células. Los flagelos procariotas están compuestos de una proteína llamada FLAGELINA. La bacterias pueden tener un único flagelo, un grupo de éstos en un polo o múltiples flagelos que cubran toda la superficie. En las células eucariotas, flagelados y espermatozoides, los flagelos son extensiones protoplasmáticas en forma de filamentos que se utilizan para impulsarse. Los flagelos tienen la misma estructura básica que los CILIOS pero son más largos con relación al tamaño de las células que lo presentan y se encuentran en un número mucho menor. (King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed).
Descriptor Portuguese: Flagelos
Descriptor French: Flagelles
Entry term(s): Flagellum
Tree number(s): A11.284.180.290
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005407
Scope note: A whiplike motility appendage present on the surface cells. Prokaryote flagella are composed of a protein called FLAGELLIN. Bacteria can have a single flagellum, a tuft at one pole, or multiple flagella covering the entire surface. In eukaryotes, flagella are threadlike protoplasmic extensions used to propel flagellates and sperm. Flagella have the same basic structure as CILIA but are longer in proportion to the cell bearing them and present in much smaller numbers. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65(64)
DeCS ID: 5543
Unique ID: D005407
NLM Classification: QW 51
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Flagella - Preferred
Concept UI M0008532
Scope note A whiplike motility appendage present on the surface cells. Prokaryote flagella are composed of a protein called FLAGELLIN. Bacteria can have a single flagellum, a tuft at one pole, or multiple flagella covering the entire surface. In eukaryotes, flagella are threadlike protoplasmic extensions used to propel flagellates and sperm. Flagella have the same basic structure as CILIA but are longer in proportion to the cell bearing them and present in much smaller numbers. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)
Preferred term Flagella
Entry term(s) Flagellum



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