The counterbend phenomenon in dynein-disabled rat sperm flagella and what it reveals about the interdoublet elasticity

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1165-1174

  Lindemann, Charles B ^a   Macauley, Lisa J ^a   Lesich, Kathleen A ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; VANADATE SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FLAGELLUM; MALE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 23244461605     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.060681     Document Type: Article

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