Title |
Divergent evolution and purifying selection of the flaA gene sequences in Aeromonas
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Published in |
Biology Direct, July 2009
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DOI | 10.1186/1745-6150-4-23 |
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Authors |
Maribel Farfán, David Miñana-Galbis, M Carmen Fusté, J Gaspar Lorén |
Abstract |
The bacterial flagellum is the most important organelle of motility in bacteria and plays a key role in many bacterial lifestyles, including virulence. The flagellum also provides a paradigm of how hierarchical gene regulation, intricate protein-protein interactions and controlled protein secretion can result in the assembly of a complex multi-protein structure tightly orchestrated in time and space. As if to stress its importance, plants and animals produce receptors specifically dedicated to the recognition of flagella. Aside from motility, the flagellum also moonlights as an adhesion and has been adapted by humans as a tool for peptide display. Flagellar sequence variation constitutes a marker with widespread potential uses for studies of population genetics and phylogeny of bacterial species. |
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