Cell-body rocking is a dominant mechanism for flagellar synchronization in a swimming alga

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 18058-18063

  Geyer, Veikko F ^a   Jülicher, Frank ^b   Howard, Jonathon ^a   Friedrich, Benjamin M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flagellar force velocity relation; Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ALGA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FLAGELLUM; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

FLAGELLAR FORCE-VELOCITY RELATION; LOW-REYNOLDS-NUMBER HYDRODYNAMICS;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; FLAGELLA; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84887289442     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1300895110     Document Type: Article

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