Mechanical constraint converts planar waves into helices on tunicate and sea urchin sperm flagella

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-19

  Ishijima, Sumio ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium; Chirality; Helical wave; Left handed; Microtubule sliding

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; AXONEME; CHIRALITY; CIONA; CLYPEASTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELICAL WAVE; HEMICENTROTUS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PLANAR WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; UROCHORDATA; VIDEO MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; FLAGELLA; MALE; SEA URCHINS; SEAWATER; SPERMATOZOA; VISCOSITY;

CIONA; CLYPEASTER; ECHINOIDEA; HEMICENTROTUS;

EID: 84855829574     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: 13473700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.11019     Document Type: Article

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