Keeping the beat

Alan J. Hunt ()
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Alan J. Hunt: Cellular and Developmental Biology, CB 347, University of Colorado

Nature, 1998, vol. 393, issue 6686, 624-625

Abstract: Flagella and cilia can propel bacteria or cells through bends that travel from their base to their tip. In an attempt to find out what controls the timing of these waves, one group has studied sea-urchin flagella. They find that oscillatory movements can be generated by surprisingly simple substructures of each flagellum's core (or axoneme). Although the authors don't yet know what controls these oscillations, they discuss several possible explanations.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1038/31344

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