ISOLATION AND REACTIVATION OF THE AXOSTYLE : Evidence for a Dynein-like ATPase in the Axostyle

The contractile axostyle is a ribbon-shaped organelle present in certain species of flagellates found in the hindgut of wood eating insects. This organelle propagates an undulatory wave whose motion, like flagella and cilia, is related to microtubules. Unlike the axoneme of cilia and flagella, howe...

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Main Authors: Mooseker, Mark S., Tilney, Lewis G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1973
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2108841/