cilia

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They captured them at different stages of maturity, hoping to glimpse the genetic instructions it takes to grow cilia and found a pattern that looked like the cell cycle.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

And hundreds of centrioles, intended for eventual construction of cilia at the cell surface, got stuck in the cell body.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

Researchers have now demonstrated a technique for creating magnetic cilia that can be "reprogrammed," changing their magnetic properties at room temperature to change the motion of the cilia as needed.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

However, existing magnetic cilia move in a fixed way.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

It has been suggested that flagellae and cilia were once spirochetes that joined up with the other prokaryotes when nucleated cells were being pieced together.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas