Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a flagellum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, pertaining to the flagellum of an antenna: as, flagellar joints.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
flagellum
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Examples
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When CheY is phosphorylated, it binds to certain flagellar proteins.
Blurring the Line 2007
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For example, bacterial cells are propelled by tiny rotary engines called flagellar motors that rotate at speeds up to 100,000 rpm.
ID floats a lead-lined trial balloon - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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I think the evolution of the bacterial flagellum is far too improbable to happen without deliberate fine-tuning of the events that lead up to it, even though most of the flagellar components have precursor homologues.
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For instance, according to David DeRosier, "The mechanism of the flagellar motor remains a mystery."
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Dispatches from the cutting edge of flagellar biology, part 1
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Dispatches from the cutting edge of flagellar biology, part 2
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I'm just noticing how quickly he moves to the "˜but ':" Maybe little cellular machines like the bacterial flagellar motor were designed by ingenious nano-technologists from Betelgeuse.
Dawkins and ID 2008
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A correction to the paper by Liu & Ochman, “Stepwise formation of the bacterial flagellar system,” was just published in PNAS.
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Maybe little cellular machines like the bacterial flagellar motor were designed by ingenious nano-technologists from Betelgeuse.
Dawkins and ID 2008
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In order to test the assertion that athleticism is responsible for flagellar motion, we would need to be able to characterize athleticism in a way that allowed us to see if it really was what we were seeing or not.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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