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Left-right asymmetry: nodal cilia make and catch a wave
1Huntsman Cancer Institute Center for Children, University of Utah, 2000 Circle of Hope, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA. joseph.yost@hci.utah.edu
Current Biology : CB
|October 17, 2003
Abstract:
Asymmetric fluid flow in the mouse node initiates the development of left-right asymmetry. This flow is generated by motile cilia and is detected by immotile mechanosensory cilia, activating an asymmetric calcium spike.