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Tethered fleximags as artificial cilia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Flexible superparamagnetic filaments ('fleximags') are very slender elastic filaments, which can be driven by distributed magnetic torques to mimic closely the behaviour of biological flagella.
OLIVIA DU ROURE   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Affecting Microtubule Dynamics in Normal and Cancer Cells

open access: yesMolecules, 2020
Microtubules (MTs), highly dynamic structures composed of α- and β-tubulin heterodimers, are involved in cell movement and intracellular traffic and are essential for cell division.
Filip Borys   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ciliary Proteins: Filling the Gaps. Recent Advances in Deciphering the Protein Composition of Motile Ciliary Complexes

open access: yesCells, 2019
Cilia are highly evolutionarily conserved, microtubule-based cell protrusions present in eukaryotic organisms from protists to humans, with the exception of fungi and higher plants.
Anna Osinka   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of acute hydrogen peroxide exposure on respiratory cilia motility and viability [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2023
COVID-19 has seen the propagation of alternative remedies to treat respiratory disease, such as nebulization of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). As H2O2 has known cytotoxicity, it was hypothesised that H2O2 inhalation would negatively impact respiratory cilia ...
Richard Francis
doaj   +2 more sources

IFT proteins spatially control the geometry of cleavage furrow ingression and lumen positioning

open access: yesNature Communications, 2017
Cytokinesis relies on central spindle organization and provides a spatial landmark for lumen formation. Here, the authors show that intraflagellar transport proteins are required for the localization of the cytokinetic regulator Aurora B and subsequent ...
Nicolas Taulet   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Importance of Zebrafish in Biomedical Research

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2013
Introduction: Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is an ideal model organism for the study of vertebrate development. This is due to the large clutches that each couple produces, with up to 200 embryos every 7 days, and to the fact that the embryos and larvae are ...
Bárbara Tavares, Susana Santos Lopes
doaj   +1 more source

ARL13B regulates Sonic hedgehog signaling from outside primary cilia

open access: yeseLife, 2020
ARL13B is a regulatory GTPase highly enriched in cilia. Complete loss of Arl13b disrupts cilia architecture, protein trafficking and Sonic hedgehog signaling. To determine whether ARL13B is required within cilia, we knocked in a cilia-excluded variant of
Eduardo D Gigante   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification and characterization of a novel allele of Caenorhabditis elegans bbs-7. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Primary cilia play a role in the sensation of and response to the surrounding environment. Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) have primary cilia only on the distal tips of some dendrites.
Kara Braunreiter   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cilia oscillations

open access: yesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2019
Cilia, or eukaryotic flagella, are microscopic active filaments expressed on the surface of many eukaryotic cells, from single-celled protozoa to mammalian epithelial surfaces. Cilia are characterized by a highly conserved and intricate internal structure in which molecular motors exert forces on microtubule doublets causing cilia oscillations.
Yi Man, Feng Ling, Eva Kanso
openaire   +3 more sources

Bardet-Biedl syndrome proteins control cilia length through regulation of actin polymerisation. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Primary cilia are cellular appendages important for signal transduction and sensing the environment. Bardet-Biedl syndrome proteins form a complex that is important for several cytoskeleton-related processes such as ciliogenesis, cell migration and ...
D Jenkins   +20 more
core   +1 more source

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