Direct measurement of inter-doublet elasticity in flagellar axonemes

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-33

  Minoura, Itsushi ^a,b   Yagi, Toshiki ^b   Kamiya, Ritsu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Dynein; Elasticity; Eukaryotic flagella; Mutant; Nexin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; AXONEME; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ELASTICITY; FLAGELLA; MICROTUBULES; MOTION; MUTATION;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032924668     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.24.27     Document Type: Article

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