Cilia may be capable of much more than acting as little antennae that sense signals outside of nerve cells. The stubby appendages may actually be able to send messages themselves , results from a ...

New research by Sumeda Nandadasa, PhD, reveals how a key protein associated with Meckel-Gruber syndrome, nephronophthisis, ...

Although primary cilia have been recognized for more than one hundred years, they were often dismissed as vestigial organelles, with no known function. The discovery of intraflagellar transport ...

Autism spectrum disorders are complex neurodevelopmental conditions affecting about 1 in 100 children worldwide. Early ...

And hundreds of centrioles, intended for eventual construction of cilia at the cell surface, got stuck in the cell body. If the cell cycle were like a particular score played by a molecular orchestra, ...

Covering stents with hairlike structures called cilia may help keep the implanted medical tubes clean, preventing infection, researchers report April 28 in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report: APA. Ryding, Sara. (2018, October 29). Structure and Role of Flagella in Prokaryotes.

As damaged airway cells and cilia can no longer move debris and pollutants out of the airways, the risk of infection is increased. The team continued their investigation to find out how to restore ...