Biological cells often possess thin, hair-like protrusions on their surface known as cilia, which serve various functions ...

Proteins in the sheath of cellular protrusions control how effectively cells can adhere to surfaces. Biological cells often ...

Scientists from Germany and Italy have uncovered details of the protective layer that surrounds the fine protrusions of cells ...

Biological cells often possess thin, hair-like protrusions on their surface known as cilia, which serve various functions ranging from movement to ...

Cilia are short hair-like structures found on the surface of certain cells. They are particularly important in vision because they work as light sensors and defects in their structure can lead to ...

Whereas primary cilia have relatively little additional structure, motile cilia have both a central doublet of microtubules as well as inner and outer dynein arms and radial spokes, which are all ...

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 ...

However, its exact structure was previously unknown ... which resulted in the cilia showing significantly increased stickiness. Nonetheless, the algal cells were still able to move on surfaces ...

Researchers from Germany and Italy have recently revealed new insights into the protective layer surrounding these cilia. Structure of a cilium of the green alga Clamydomonas reinhardtii (tomographic ...