flagellinn.
/fləˈdʒɛlɪn/ Biochemistry.
A fibrous protein isolated from bacterial flagella.
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1955 W. T. Astbury et al. in Symp. Soc. Exper. Biol. IX. 292 We propose, therefore, to call this new member of the k-m-e-f group ‘flagellin’.
1969 S. T. Lyles Biol. Microorganisms viii. 191 Flagella are uniform throughout their length and are composed of fibrous protein called flagellin.
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