Mechanical properties of the passive sea urchin sperm flagellum

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 721-735

  Pelle, Dominic W ^a   Brokaw, Charles J ^b   Lesich, Kathleen A ^a   Lindemann, Charles B ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axoneme; Cilia; Counterbend; Elasticity; Nexin links; Outer doublets; Shear

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; EUKARYOTE; FLAGELLUM; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MICROANALYSIS; MICROMANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; AXONEME; DYNEIN ATPASE; ELASTICITY; MALE; SEA URCHINS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

ECHINOIDEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 68549128548     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: 10970169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20401     Document Type: Article

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