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Phototactic activity in Chlamydomonas 'non-phototactic' mutants deficient in Ca2+-dependent control of flagellar dominance or in inner-arm dynein.
Journal of cell science - 1 Feb 2005
Okita Noriko, Isogai Nahoko, Hirono Masafumi, Kamiya Ritsu, Yoshimura Kenjiro
Abstract excerpt
In the mechanism underlying the phototactic behavior of Chlamydomonas, Ca(2+) has been thought to control the dominance between the two flagella so as to steer the cell to correct directions. A newly isolated mutant, lsp1, that displays weak phototaxis was found to be defective in this Ca(2+)-dependent shift in flagellar dominance; in demembranated and reactivated cell models, the trans flagellum (the flagellum...
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