Signaling the differences between cilia

Elife. 2015 Dec 23:4:e12760. doi: 10.7554/eLife.12760.

Authors

Polina Lishko¹, Yuriy Kirichok²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
² Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.

Abstract

Calcium ion channels that determine many of the properties of cilia are different in motile cilia as compared to primary cilia and flagella.

Keywords: biophysics; calcium; cell biology; ion channels; motile cilia; mouse; patch clamp; structural biology.

MeSH terms

Calcium Channels / metabolism*
Cilia / metabolism*
Cilia / physiology*
Flagella / metabolism
Flagella / physiology
Models, Biological
Signal Transduction*

Substances

Calcium Channels

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