For a long time, almost all attention was on the motile cilia because their function was readily observable. But scientists, starting with Alexander Kowalevsky had reported the presence of single ...

Also found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells are several non-membranous structures that are involved in cellular contraction and motility and in the establishment and support of cellular ...

Moreover, neighboring cells that share a limited fluid ... the correct torque necessary for changes in angle. Cilia and flagella in eukaryotic organisms fulfill a motile function that encourages ...

Primary cilia are structurally and functionally very similar to eukaryotic flagella (motile tails used to propel microorganisms). For many decades it was thought that cilia on human cells were ...

An example for this are cilia, which together with motor proteins ... which is a feature that our eukaryotic cells have in common with bacteria and archaea, except that eukaryotic cytoskeletons ...

One essential component of each eukaryotic cell is the cytoskeleton. Microtubules, tiny tubes consisting of a protein called tubulin, are part of this skeleton of cells. Cilia and flagella ...

Introduction Primary cilia are eukaryotic organelles found singularly on almost every cell in the body. Primary cilia localise a number of developmental signalling pathways, and for some of these ...

Across eukaryotic organisms, cilia are known to use a wide range of signals such as small molecules, peptides, physical forces, osmotic changes, and light, so in principle lymphatic cells have ...

EZH2 suppresses cilia genes so malignant cells have less cilia. This loss of cilia activates some of the carcinogenic signaling pathways, resulting in aggressive metastatic melanoma .

Primary cilia are hair-like structures which protrude from almost all mammalian cells. They are thought to be sensory and involved in sampling the cell's environment. New research, published in ...