paraflagellar

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English

Etymology

From para- +‎ flagellar.

Adjective

paraflagellar (not comparable)

  1. Describing a fibrillar structure within the flagella of a protist
    • 2015 July 21, Noelia Lander et al., “CRISPR/Cas9-Induced Disruption of Paraflagellar Rod Protein 1 and 2 Genes in Trypanosoma cruzi Reveals Their Role in Flagellar Attachment”, in mBio, volume 6, →DOI:
      We report here that partial disruption of either PFR1 or PFR2 in T. cruzi epimastigotes with the CRISPR/Cas9 system results in accumulation of PFR components at the tip of the flagella and subsequent loss of the paraflagellar rod structure with flagellar detachment from the cell body.