The Remarkable Dual-Level Diversity of Prokaryotic Flagellins

ABSTRACT Flagellin, the agent of prokaryotic flagellar motion, is very widely distributed and is the H antigen of serology. Flagellin molecules have a variable region that confers serotype specificity, encoded by the middle of the gene, and also conserved regions encoded by the two ends of the gene....

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Main Authors: Dalong Hu, Peter R. Reeves
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/96f9da3fd18b4d2382ac2f02a5832ae6
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