Unlocking the secrets of multi-flagellated propulsion: Drawing insights from Tritrichomonas foetus

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 93, 2014, Pages

  Lenaghan, Scott C ^a,b   Nwandu Vincent, Stefan ^a   Reese, Benjamin E ^a   Zhang, Mingjun ^a,c  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell motility; Cytoskeleton; Microfluidics; Micropropulsion

Indexed keywords

MICROFLUIDICS; PROPULSION;

CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETONS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FLEXURAL RIGIDITIES; HIGH SPEED IMAGING; MICRO PROPULSION; PROPULSIVE FORCES; RESISTIVE FORCE THEORIES (RFT);

CELLS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; MICROFLUIDICS; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; WAVEFORM; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLAGELLUM; MICROPROPULSION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETON; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROPROPULSION;

FLAGELLA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 84896930445     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1149     Document Type: Article

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