While flagella and cilia are structurally identical, they can be distinguished by their length, density, and motility patterns. Whilst flagella feature predominantly on prokaryotic cells ...

Cilia and flagella, the protrusions that cells use for propulsion and sensing, often wave spontaneously. Zvonimir Dogic, a physicist at Brandeis University, wanted to understand what about their ...

Rosenbaum’s organism of choice to study cilia was the green alga Chlamydomonas, which possess two tiny-hair like flagella, structurally the same as cilia found on nearly all mammalian cells. He wanted ...

In recent years, evidence has accumulated for an indispensable role for cilia and flagella in various cellular ... depends on its ability to nucleate, anchor and release MTs.

The research team discovered that the rotation of flagella in Bacillus subtilis acts as a mechanical signal that activates key conjugation genes. This enables donor bacteria to form clusters with ...