Cilia Motors And Regulation

"Cilia are highly conserved organelles that serve motile and/or sensory functions. These organelles power cell movement, generate fluid flow in various organs, act as sensors of the extracellular environment and have been modified for various specialized tasks such as light reception and smell. Defects in these ubiquitous organelles lead to a broad array of human genetic disorders that range from polycystic kidney disease, retinal degeneration, epilepsy and infertility to developmental defects such as situs inversus and polydactyly. This volume is the second in a three-part series on cilia that focuses on methods to investigate the dynein molecular motors that power this organelle and the regulatory systems that control these motors to result in the initiation and propagation of a ciliary waveform."--Page 4 of cover.

Year

2009

Language

English

Publisher

Academic Press

Editions

1

Pages

230

ISBN

9780123749741

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