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Shaft of cilium

Known as: Flagellum shaft, ciliary shaft, flagellar shaft 
The mid part of a cilium between the ciliary base and ciliary tip that extends into the extracellular space. [GOC:cilia, PMID:19866682]
National Institutes of Health

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CiliaFlagella

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Zone of ciliumZone of flagellum

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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Flexible-substratum technique for viewing cells from the side: some in vivo properties of primary (9+0) cilia in cultured kidney epithelia.
Cells cultured on thin plastic (e.g. Formvar, Teflon, polycarbonate) membranes can be clearly imaged from the side in vivo by… 
1985
1985
Newt lung ciliated cell models: effect of MgATP on beat frequency and waveforms.
Highly coupled newt lung ciliated cell models were used to study the effects of MgATP concentration on ciliary beat frequency and… 
1982
1982
Immune localization of calmodulin in the ciliated cells of hamster tracheal epithelium
Melachronous beating of cilia of epithelial surfaces of most respiratory airways moves the overlying mucous layer in a caudal… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Motile statocyst cilia transmit rather than directly transduce mechanical stimuli
We have investigated the role of motile cilia in mechanotransduction by statocysts of the nudibranch mollusk Hermissenda… 
1976
1976
Spermatogenesis of a marine snail, Littorina sitkana
SummaryThe fine structure of the spermatogonium, spermatocyte and spermatid of a marine snail, Littorina sitkana is described… 
1974
1974
The three-dimensional arrangement of radial spokes in the flagella of Chlamydomonas reinhardii.
1973
1973
The fine structure of the spermatozoon of Littorina (gastropoda: prosobranchia), with special reference to sperm motility
SummaryThe filiform spermatozoon of Littorina contains a conical acrosome positioned anteriorly to the nucleus. The nucleus is… 
1973
1973
Fine structure of the sensory cilium of an insect auditory receptor
SummaryA description is given of the sensory cilium of the auditory organ in the Australian cicada,Cyclochila australasiae… 
Review
1971
Review
1971
Existence of a breaking point in cilia and flagella.
1963
1963
AN ADDITIONAL ULTRASTRUCTURAL COMPONENT OF FLAGELLA
Electron microscopic observations of flagella and cilia have indicated a constancy in the number of peripheral and axial fibrils… 
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