Sperm motility is crucial to reproductive success in sexually reproducing organisms.
Impaired sperm movement causes male infertility, which is increasing globally. Sperm are …

Dynein-decorated doublet microtubules (DMTs) are critical components of the oscillatory
molecular machine of cilia, the axoneme, and have luminal surfaces patterned periodically …

To find and fuse with the egg, mammalian sperm must complete an arduous voyage through
the female reproductive tract. The sperm cell's remarkable odyssey is powered by its …

Following the completion of the genome sequencing and gene prediction of Mnemiopsis
leidyi, a lobate ctenophore that is native to the coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean …

Abstract The Pearl River Estuary (PRE) is the largest estuary in southern China and under
high metal stress. In the present study, we employed an integrated method of transcriptomics …

Tektins are a highly conserved family of coiled-coil domain containing proteins known to
play a role in structure, stability and function of cilia and flagella. Tektin proteins are thought …

Nervous systems (NSs) are critical to the survival of most multicellular animals, yet how NSs
evolved still remains a mystery. Diverse architectures of NSs exist in animals ranging from a …

Cilia are microtubule based organelles that serve as specialized projections for the cell.
There are two distinct forms of cilia—motile and non-motile. Motile cilia have responsibilities …

Microtubules are a prominent part of the cytoskeletal network in eukaryotic cells. They are
involved in nearly all cellular processes, eg in vesicular trafficking, signal transduction …