Eukaryotic cilia and flagella are essential organelles that extend from the cell surface, playing crucial roles in sensory ...

Flagella are primarily used for cell movement and are found in prokaryotes as well as some eukaryotes. The prokaryotic flagellum spins, creating forward movement by a corkscrew shaped filament. A ...

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to the function of motile cilia, the hair-like structures extending from the ...

This image shows the atomic structure of radial spoke 3 (multicolor), a key regulator in motile cilia. In the background is a cryo-electron microscopy image of a peripheral microtubule with regularly ...

Researchers have clarified the mechanism of rotation of node cilia, which determines the left-right asymmetry of the body. They have elucidated part of the relationship between the ciliary structure ...

New structures discovered within cilia show a relationship between certain proteins and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. The discovery sheds new light on the microstructure of cilia. Cilia are microscopic ...

Everyone has, at some point in their life, held a baby in their arms. They could be your children, grandchildren, niece or nephew or siblings. Have you ever stopped to wonder how many things must have ...

The Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Apr., 1961), pp. 799-812 (14 pages) The fine structure of the coronal cilia of the rotifer Philodina citrina has been studied in ...

Our bodies look symmetrical, but most internal organs are asymmetric in shape or in position. In mouse embryos, a model animal that is closest to humans, cell groups, which are a source of organs, are ...