Cilia-Like Beating of Active Microtubule Bundles

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Timothy Sanchez

Department of Physics, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454, USA.
David Welch

Graduate Program in Biophysics and Structural Biology, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454, USA.
Daniela Nicastro

Department of Biology, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454, USA.
Zvonimir Dogic

Department of Physics, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454, USA.

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<jats:p>In vitro–assembled microtubule bundles exhibit oscillatory beating patterns and organize into metachronal waves.</jats:p>

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Science 333 (6041), 456-459, 2011-07-22

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