Each of the underlying single-celled parasites — Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei) and its relatives — has one flagellum, a whiplike appendage that is essential for moving, infecting hosts and surviving ...

Presumably the bundle of fibrils which make up a cilium or flagellum contains both conducting and contractile elements 1. Trypanosome flagella, in common with most flagella and cilia, have 9 ...

"Our study provides a complete molecular blueprint of the flagellum's structural framework, explaining how its movement is powered at an atomic level," said co-corresponding author Z. Hong Zhou, a ...

When viewed under the microscope, sperm appear as oval-shaped cells with long tails (flagellum) that enable movement. Healthy sperm are those whose size and shape are relatively consistent and have ...

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