A positive feedback mechanism governs the polarity and motion of motile cilia

Nature

Volumn 447, Issue 7140, 2007, Pages 97-101

  Mitchell, Brian ^a   Jacobs, Richard ^a,b   Li, Julie ^c   Chien, Shu ^c   Kintner, Chris ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FLUID FLOW; FROG; MOTILITY; SKIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CILIARY MOTILITY; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 34247555530     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05771     Document Type: Article

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