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Induction of temporary beating in paralyzed flagella of Chlamydomonas mutants by application of external force.
Cell motility and the cytoskeleton - 1 Jan 1997
Hayashibe K, Shingyoji C, Kamiya R
Abstract excerpt
To help understand the mechanism by which the sliding movement of outer-doublet microtubules in cilia and flagella is converted into bending waves, we examined the effect of mechanical force imposed on the flagella of Chlamydomonas mutants lacking the central pair or multiple dyneins. These mutants were almost completely nonmotile under normal conditions. A bend was produced in a flagellum either by holding a...
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