Structural biology of cilia and intraflagellar transport

N Klena, G Pigino - Annual Review of Cell and Developmental …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Cilia are ubiquitous microtubule-based eukaryotic organelles that project from the cell to
generate motility or function in cellular signaling. Motile cilia or flagella contain axonemal …

Motile ciliopathies

J Wallmeier, KG Nielsen, CE Kuehni… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2020 - nature.com
Motile cilia are highly complex hair-like organelles of epithelial cells lining the surface of
various organ systems. Genetic mutations (usually with autosomal recessive inheritance) …

[HTML][HTML] A single-cell time-lapse of mouse prenatal development from gastrula to birth

C Qiu, BK Martin, IC Welsh, RM Daza, TM Le, X Huang… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The house mouse (Mus musculus) is an exceptional model system, combining genetic
tractability with close evolutionary affinity to humans,. Mouse gestation lasts only 3 weeks …

[HTML][HTML] Brain lateralization: a comparative perspective

O Güntürkün, F Ströckens… - Physiological …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Comparative studies on brain asymmetry date back to the 19th century but then largely
disappeared due to the assumption that lateralization is uniquely human. Since the …

[HTML][HTML] Forces in tissue morphogenesis and patterning

CP Heisenberg, Y Bellaïche - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
During development, mechanical forces cause changes in size, shape, number, position,
and gene expression of cells. They are therefore integral to any morphogenetic processes …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular motors in neurons: transport mechanisms and roles in brain function, development, and disease

N Hirokawa, S Niwa, Y Tanaka - Neuron, 2010 - cell.com
The kinesin, dynein, and myosin superfamily molecular motors have fundamental roles in
neuronal function, plasticity, morphogenesis, and survival by transporting cargos such as …

Kinesin superfamily motor proteins and intracellular transport

N Hirokawa, Y Noda, Y Tanaka, S Niwa - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2009 - nature.com
Intracellular transport is fundamental for cellular function, survival and morphogenesis.
Kinesin superfamily proteins (also known as KIFs) are important molecular motors that …

[HTML][HTML] A single-embryo, single-cell time-resolved model for mouse gastrulation

M Mittnenzweig, Y Mayshar, S Cheng, R Ben-Yair… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Mouse embryonic development is a canonical model system for studying mammalian cell
fate acquisition. Recently, single-cell atlases comprehensively charted embryonic …

Microscopic artificial cilia–a review

T ul Islam, Y Wang, I Aggarwal, Z Cui, HE Amirabadi… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cilia are microscopic hair-like external cell organelles that are ubiquitously present in
nature, also within the human body. They fulfill crucial biological functions: motile cilia …

Overview of structure and function of mammalian cilia

P Satir, ST Christensen - Annu. Rev. Physiol., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Cilia are membrane-bounded, centriole-derived projections from the cell surface that contain
a microtubule cytoskeleton, the ciliary axoneme, surrounded by a ciliary membrane …