FLAGELLIN


Meaning of FLAGELLIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ flə-ˈje-lən ]

noun

Etymology: flagell um + -in (I)

Date: 1955

: a polymeric protein that is the chief constituent of bacterial flagella and that determines the specificity of the flagellum in eliciting an immune response

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