Flagella-free survival: How bacteria evolve by shedding their 'wheels'
Their study, published in Microbiological Research, reveals that bacteria can evolve by losing their flagella, the structures ...
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New Insights Into Motion of Parasite Behind Sleeping Sickness
A research team has applied leading-edge atomic imaging and AI-driven modeling to create the most detailed 3D map yet of the ...
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Study Reveals Mechanisms Behind Bacterial Flagellar Motor Movement
The findings of this study could have important medical implications. "Flagellar-based movement is involved in infections and toxicity of some species of pathogenic bacteria. One motivation behind ...
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Mechanisms of Bacterial Flagellar Motors Uncovered in Imaging Study
The findings of this study could have important medical implications. "Flagellar-based movement is involved in infections and toxicity of some species of pathogenic bacteria. One motivation behind ...
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The Primary Cilium: An Orphan Organelle Finds a Home
Likewise, for many years it was generally assumed that the entire phylum Nematoda, comprising roundworms, completely lacked cilia or flagella. Now it is known that they contain primary cilia ...
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Amino-acid Composition of “Tubulin” constituting Microtubules of Sperm Flagella
PHYSICOCHEMICAL characterization of components of flagella and cilia is essential for an understanding of the mechanisms underlying flagellar and ciliary movement. The so-called “9 + 2” fibres ...
Atomic imaging and AI offer new insights into motion of parasite behind sleeping sickness
Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.