| Value |
15.9
Hz
Range: ±3.7 Hz
|
| Organism |
Tetrahymena thermophila |
| Reference |
Wood CR, Hard R, Hennessey TM. Targeted gene disruption of dynein heavy chain 7 of Tetrahymena thermophila results in altered ciliary waveform and reduced swim speed. Wood CR, Hard R, Hennessey TM. J Cell Sci. 2007 Sep 1 120(Pt 17):3075-85. p.3081 left column top paragraphPubMed ID17684060
|
| Method |
"Tetrahymena were analyzed with high-speed video
microscopy to directly examine the behavior of cilia in
motion. Digital recordings of cilia on the aboral surfaces of
free-swimming wild-type and mutant cells were obtained at
500 frames per second. In these assays, the cilia of wild type
were observed to beat in a highly coordinated manner, with
obvious and defined metachronal waves." |
| Comments |
"Mutant cilia generated an average beat of 16.1±4.6 Hz,
whereas wild-type cilia generated a beat of 15.9±3.7 Hz
(n=15 for each trial)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
111437 |