The axonemal machinery constitutes a highly organized structure whose mechanisms seem to be very simple but whose regulation remains unknown. This apparent simplicity is reinforced by the fact that many models are able to perfectly mimic the axonemal wave trains that propagate along cilia and flagella. However nobody knows what are the actual mechanisms that coordinate the molecular ballet that exist during the beat. Here we present some theoretical elements that show that if the radial spokes are one of the main elements that promote axonemal regulation, they must be involved in a complex mechanism that makes the axoneme a discrete structure whose regulation could depend on local entropy that promotes the emergence of new molecular properties.
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31 March 2005
ISIS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE
6-8 October 2004
Natchitoches, Louisiana (USA)
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March 31 2005
What Organizes the Molecular Ballet that Promotes the Movement of the Axoneme in Such a Way that its Molecular Machinery Seems to be a Whole?
Christian Cibert
Christian Cibert
Groupe de “Morphométrie et de Modélisation Cellulaire”, Département de Biologie du Développement, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Universités Paris 6, Paris 7, Tour 43, 2 place Jussieu, F‐75251 Paris CEDEX 05
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AIP Conf. Proc. 755, 117–129 (2005)
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Christian Cibert; What Organizes the Molecular Ballet that Promotes the Movement of the Axoneme in Such a Way that its Molecular Machinery Seems to be a Whole?. AIP Conf. Proc. 31 March 2005; 755 (1): 117–129. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1900398
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