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Meanings of motile cilium in English

A cilium which may have a variable arrangement of axonemal microtubules and also contains molecular motors.

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Basal bodies (BBs) nucleate and position motile cilia at the cell cortex.
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To optimize directed hydrodynamic flow, motile cilia are organized and oriented into a polarized array.
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We discovered that motile cilia on airway epithelial cells have HH signaling proteins, including patched and smoothened.
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In several vertebrate embryos, motile cilia generate an asymmetric fluid flow that is necessary for normal LR development.
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Immunohistochemical staining for dynein axonemal heavy chain 5 discriminated multiple motile cilia from primary cilia in human FT.
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Background: The core of the eukaryotic flagellum is the axoneme, a complex motile organelle composed of approximately 200 different polypeptides.
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When the axoneme of a eukaryotic flagellum is bent, mechanical stress generates forces transverse to the outer doublets (t-forces).
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