Article
Strikingly different propulsive forces generated by different dynein-deficient mutants in viscous media.
Cell motility and the cytoskeleton - 1 Jan 1995
Minoura I, Kamiya R
Abstract excerpt
The propulsive force generated by Chlamydomonas mutants deficient in flagellar dynein was estimated from their swimming velocities in viscous media. The force produced by wild-type cells increased by 30-40% when viscosity was raised from 0.9 to 2 cP but decreased as viscosity was further raised above 6 cP. The biphasic dependence of force generation on viscosity was also observed in the mutant ida1, which lacks...
Topics
- Animals
- Biomechanical Phenomena
- Cell Movement
- Chlamydomonas
- Culture Media
- Dyneins
- Flagella
- Mutation
- Peptide Fragments
- Viscosity