Thinking about flagellar oscillation

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 425-436

  Brokaw, Charles J ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Axoneme; Cilia; Dynein; Metachronism; Motility; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN;

CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SHEAR STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; AXONEME; CILIA; DYNEINS; FLAGELLA; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES;

EID: 67650039532     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: 10970169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20313     Document Type: Review

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