More than a locomotive organelle: flagella in Escherichia coli.
The flagellum is a locomotive organelle that allows bacteria to respond to chemical gradients. This review summarizes the current knowledge regarding Escherichia coli flagellin variants and the role of flagella in bacterial functions other than motility, including the relationship between flagella and bacterial virulence.
College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou, 225009, China. zhoumingxu@outlook.com.|Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, 225009, China. zhoumingxu@outlook.com.
Mingxu
M
Zhou
College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou, 225009, China. yy@yzu.edu.cn.|Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, 225009, China. yy@yzu.edu.cn.
Yang
Y
Yang
College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou, 225009, China. chen_panlin@outlook.com.|Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, 225009, China. chen_panlin@outlook.com.
Panlin
P
Chen
College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou, 225009, China. hhj0417@163.com.|Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, 225009, China. hhj0417@163.com.
Huijie
H
Hu
College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA. hardwidg@gmail.com.
Philip R
PR
Hardwidge
College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, 12 East Wenhui Road, Yangzhou, 225009, China. yzgqzhu@yzu.edu.cn.|Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, 225009, China. yzgqzhu@yzu.edu.cn.
Guoqiang
G
Zhu
D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D005407:Flagella / Q000502:physiology*; D008124:Locomotion; D014774:Virulence; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000378:metabolism
D037521:Virulence Factors
Escherichia coli; Flagella; Pathogenicity; Virulence