Ciliary ion channels: location, location, location.
The elegant waveforms of motile cilia derive from temporal and spatial regulation of dynein-driven microtubule sliding. A new study reveals the surprising localization of the channel responsible for waveform switch.
Quarmby
Lynne
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Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. quarmby@sfu.ca
D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002696:Chlamydomonas / Q000166:cytology; D002923:Cilia / Q000378:metabolism*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D010247:Paramecium / Q000166:cytology
D007473:Ion Channels; D002118:Calcium