Dynein-2 is a motor protein essential for retrograde intraflagellar transport (IFT) on the A-tubule of ciliary doublet ...

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

New studies from Arizona State University reveal surprising ways bacteria can move without their flagella—the slender, whip-like propellers that usually drive them forward. Movement lets bacteria form ...

The eukaryotic cytoskeleton is a complex and highly dynamic network of protein filaments, such as microtubules, actin, intermediate filaments or septins. A myriad of cell functions depend on the ...

In many cells of the human body, hair-like protrusions known as cilia act as antennae, allowing cells to receive signals from their environment and other cells. As cells grow and divide, each cilium ...

Cells are the basic building blocks of life—the smallest units that can do all the jobs a living thing needs. Most cells fit into two groups: prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The most significant ...

Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) libraries between cDNA in stages I (previtellogenic) and III (cortical rod) ovaries of the giant tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) were established. In all, ...

Kirk Mykytyn, Robert F. Mullins, Michael Andrews, Annie P. Chiang, Ruth E. Swiderski, Baoli Yang, Terry Braun, Thomas Casavant, Edwin M. Stone, Val C. Sheffield, Jeremy Nathans Proceedings of the ...

Most of us will probably be able to recall at least vaguely that a molecule called ATP is essential for making our bodies move, but this molecule is only a small part of a much larger system. Although ...

Ciliates, a group of single-celled ciliated eukaryotes, have been studied since the dawn of light microscopy, with over 10,000 species described. Cilia are the key feature of ciliates and contribute ...

The awe-inspiring process of cell division can turn a fertilized egg into a baby – or a cancerous cell into a malignant tumor. With so much at stake, nature keeps it tightly controlled in a process ...

“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” That’s what we have been told, first by Newton, and the world agreed. However, not all systems follow Newton’s conclusions. Researchers at ...