title: Peter Satir -- investigating the structural basis for cell function.
abstract: Peter Satir has devoted his research career to elucidating the structural basis for ciliary motility. His ingenious use of structural analysis, combined with identification of powerful model systems, provided a model for the sliding microtubule hypothesis of ciliary bending and led to the discovery that dynein is a 'minus-end'-directed motor whose regulated activity underpins the bending motion of cilia. Here, we focus on ciliary motility to illustrate Satir's pioneering contributions to cell biology.
authors: Dept of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1648 Pierce Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. win@cellbio.emory.edu
authors: W S
authors: WS
authors: Sale
authors: K L
authors: KL
authors: Barkalow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D002923:Cilia / Q000502:physiology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D012106:Research / Q000266:history