Actually, flagella vary widely from one species to another, and some of the components can perform useful functions by themselves. They are anything but irreducibly complex It is a highly complex ...

This suggests that flagella themselves are not necessary for adhesion in this species - this function is provided by surface proteins or other structures. However, non-flagellated mutants also ...

The T. brucei flagellum has multiple functions and is essential for parasite motility, viability, transmission and pathogenesis. Flagellum-mediated motility is powered by the axoneme, which is a ...

Most bacteria have flagella; they are threadlike appendages extending from the surface of many microbes. They help move the organism around, a function called motility, in a rotating motion. Enabling ...

Cilia and flagella in eukaryotic organisms fulfill a motile function that encourages the evolution of specialized jobs to fulfill their role. As such, they exist in diverse biological systems but ...

Defects in IFT prevent flagellum formation in most eukaryotes tested so far. In new research published in the EMBO Journal RNAi and cell biology were combined to probe the function of the ...

The discovery of the protein EB1 at the tip of the flagella on Chlamydomonas furthers investigations into the role the protein plays in flagellar function and perhaps in regulating IFT itself.

When looking at bacteria, you typically see also flagella: long hairs that protrudes from the bacteria's body. The key function of the flagella is movement -- what scientists call 'motility'.

EpsE's interaction with a rotor protein called FliG causes a shape change in the rotor that disengages it from the flagellum's proton-powered engine. The discovery of EpsE and its function was ...

Each of the underlying single-celled parasites — Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei) and its relatives — has one flagellum, a whiplike appendage that is essential for moving, infecting hosts and surviving ...

Had Paley been in a position to know about it, he would no doubt have considered a remarkable little device called the bacterial flagellum to be an excellent example of designed complexity.