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CRISPs Function to Boost Sperm Power Output and Motility
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 Fertilization requires sperm to travel long distances through the complex environment of the female reproductive tract. Despite the strong association between poor motility and infertility, the kinetics of sperm tail movement and the role individual ...
Avinash S. Gaikwad +11 more
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A brief introduction to the model microswimmer {\it Chlamydomonas reinhardtii} [PDF]
, 2016 The unicellular biflagellate green alga {\it Chlamydomonas reinhardtii} has been an important model system in biology for decades, and in recent years it has started to attract growing attention also within the biophysics community.
Contino, Matteo +2 more
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Primary Cilia and Atherosclerosis
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 In artery tree, endothelial function correlates with the distribution of shear stress, a dragging force generated by flowing blood. In laminar shear stress areas, endothelial cells (ECs) are available to prevent atherosclerosis, however, ECs in disturbed
Zhi-Mei Wang +3 more
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The Versatile Molecular Complex Component LC8 Promotes Several Distinct Steps of Flagellar Assembly [PDF]
, 2012 LC8 is present in various molecular complexes. However, its role in these complexes remains unclear. We discovered that although LC8 is a subunit of the radial spoke (RS) complex in Chlamydomonas flagella, it was undetectable in the RS precursor that is ...
Anjali Gupta +61 more
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N-Terminal Processing and Modification of Ciliary Dyneins
Cells, 2023 Axonemal dyneins are highly complex microtubule motors that power ciliary motility. These multi-subunit enzymes are assembled at dedicated sites within the cytoplasm.
Miho Sakato-Antoku +2 more
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Role of the microtubules in the electrical activity of the primary cilium of renal epithelial cells
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023 The primary cilium is a non-motile sensory organelle that transduces environmental cues into cellular responses. It comprises an axoneme, a core of nine doublet microtubules (MTs) coated by a specialized membrane populated by receptors, and a high ...
Noelia Scarinci +4 more
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Microbial Cell, 2014 Centrin is an evolutionarily conserved EF-hand calcium-binding protein found in the centriole of animals and the basal body of flagellated organisms. It was originally discovered in the flagellated unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, where ...
Ziyin Li
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Length-dependent disassembly maintains four different flagellar lengths in Giardia. [PDF]
, 2019 With eight flagella of four different lengths, the parasitic protist Giardia is an ideal model to evaluate flagellar assembly and length regulation. To determine how four different flagellar lengths are maintained, we used live-cell quantitative imaging ...
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Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2016 Axonemal dyneins form the inner and outer rows of arms associated with the doublet microtubules of motile cilia. These enzymes convert the chemical energy released from adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis into mechanical work by causing the doublets to slide with respect to each other.
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Chlamydomonas Basal Bodies as Flagella Organizing Centers
Cells, 2018 During ciliogenesis, centrioles convert to membrane-docked basal bodies, which initiate the formation of cilia/flagella and template the nine doublet microtubules of the flagellar axoneme.
Jenna Lynne Wingfield +1 more
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