flagellum

id: GO:0019861
name: flagellum
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Long whiplike or feathery structures borne either singly or in groups by the motile cells of many bacteria and unicellular eukaryotes and by the motile male gametes of many eukaryotic organisms, which propel the cell through a liquid medium.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0009288bacterial-type flagellum
GO:0009434microtubule-based flagellum

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0042995cell projection
GO:0043229intracellular organelle