noun
- Plural of flagellin; proteins that form the filaments of bacterial flagella, enabling bacterial movement.
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- Flagellins are the primary structural components of bacterial flagella.
- The immune system can recognize certain flagellins as pathogen-associated molecular patterns.
- Researchers studied how flagellins contribute to bacterial motility in the laboratory.
- Different bacterial species produce distinct flagellin proteins with varying amino acid sequences.