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The pipe and the pinwheel: Is pressure an effective stimulus for the 9+0 primary cilium?

Date

Authors

Bell, James Andrew

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

Almost universally, the effective stimulus for mammalian 9 + 0 primary cilia has been taken to be bending. In this article I point out that in several physiological contexts there is great advantage in detecting pressure differences across the cell wall,

Keywords

Keywords: article; cell wall; eukaryotic flagellum; fluid flow; kinetosome; mechanotransduction; nonhuman; pressure; Animals; Biosensing Techniques; Cilia; Pressure; Mammalia Basal body; Bowden cable; Flagellar pore complex; Kinetosome; Kinociliary bulb; Mechanotransduction

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/60605

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Cell Biology International

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.cellbi.2008.03.001

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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