Ability of paralyzed flagella mutants of Chlamydomonas to move.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1996)33:2<88::AID-CM2>3.0.CO;2-E

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Ability of paralyzed flagella mutants of Chlamydomonas to move.

Cell motility and the cytoskeleton - 1 Jan 1996

Omoto C K, Yagi T, Kurimoto E, Kamiya R

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Chlamydomonas mutants missing the central pair or radial spokes are paralyzed despite the fact that they have the full wild-type complement of functional dynein ATPases. We show here that these mutants can move under conditions of low ATP concentration, a combination of ATP and ADP, and a combina...

Topics

Adenosine Diphosphate
Adenosine Triphosphate
Animals
Cell Movement
Chlamydomonas
Dyneins
Flagella
Microscopy, Video
Mutation

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