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Composition and function of ciliary inner-dynein-arm subunits studied in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 Mar 2021
Yamamoto Ryosuke, Hwang Juyeon, Ishikawa Takashi, Kon Takahide, Sale Winfield S
Abstract excerpt
Motile cilia (also interchangeably called "flagella") are conserved organelles extending from the surface of many animal cells and play essential functions in eukaryotes, including cell motility and environmental sensing. Large motor complexes, the ciliary dyneins, are present on ciliary outer-doublet microtubules and drive movement of cilia. Ciliary dyneins are classified into two general types: the outer dynein...
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