Requirement of the fixed end for spontaneous beating in flagella

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1336-1343

  Fujimura, Miki ^a   Okuno, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flagellar movement; Local inhibition; PRODAN; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

2 NAPHTHYLAMINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC AMP; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PRODAN; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEA URCHIN; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; SEA URCHINS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; TRYPSIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 33646404068     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02131     Document Type: Article

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