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Flagellar motility is required for the viability of the bloodstream trypanosome.
Nature - 9 Mar 2006
Broadhead Richard, Dawe Helen R, Farr Helen, Griffiths Samantha, Hart Sarah R, Portman Neil, Shaw Michael K, Ginger Michael L, Gaskell Simon J, McKean Paul G, Gull Keith
Abstract excerpt
The 9 + 2 microtubule axoneme of flagella and cilia represents one of the most iconic structures built by eukaryotic cells and organisms. Both unity and diversity are present among cilia and flagella on the evolutionary as well as the developmental scale. Some cilia are motile, whereas others function as sensory organelles and can variously possess 9 + 2 and 9 + 0 axonemes and other associated structures. How...
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