Asymmetry of inner dynein arms and inter-doublet links in Chlamydomonas flagella

Although the widely shared “9 + 2” structure of axonemes is thought to be highly symmetrical, axonemes show asymmetrical bending during planar and conical motion. In this study, using electron cryotomography and single particle averaging, we demonstrate an asymmetrical molecular arrangement of prote...

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Main Authors: Bui, Khanh Huy, Sakakibara, Hitoshi, Movassagh, Tandis, Oiwa, Kazuhiro, Ishikawa, Takashi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 2009
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2728406/