Evidence for a sliding-resistance at the tip of the trypanosome flagellum

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 741-746

  Woolley, David ^a   Gadelha, Catarina ^b   Gull, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axoneme; Bend initiation; Bend propagation; Dynein; Flagellum; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CELL MOTILITY; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA DEANEI; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; HERPETOMONAS MEGASELIAE; KINETOSOME; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CRITHIDIA; FLAGELLA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

CRITHIDIA DEANEI; HERPETOMONAS MEGASELIAE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 33751169593     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: 10970169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20159     Document Type: Article

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