bactofilin
bactofilin noun: a cytoskeletal element that forms filaments throughout the cells of the rod-shaped proteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus.
Noun
bactofilin (plural bactofilins)
- A cytoskeletal element that forms filaments throughout the cells of the rod-shaped proteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus.
- Many of the genomes containing bactofilin genes have multiple paralogous copies, which can be organized in an operon-like structure, or can be present at distinct genomic sites.2015 October 31, “Bacillus subtilis Bactofilins Are Essential for Flagellar Hook- and Filament Assembly and Dynamically Localize into Structures of Less than 100 nm Diameter underneath the Cell...
Forms of bactofilin
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Questions about bactofilin
- What does bactofilin mean?
- Bactofilin means a cytoskeletal element that forms filaments throughout the cells of the rod-shaped proteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus.
- What part of speech is bactofilin?
- Bactofilin is a noun.
- What is the plural of bactofilin?
- The plural of bactofilin is bactofilins.
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