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Science 7 April 1967:
Vol. 156. no. 3771, pp. 76 - 78
DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3771.76
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Adenosine Triphosphate Usage by Flagella

C. J. Brokaw 1

1 Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

Comparison of beat frequencies with rates of dephosphorylation of adenosine triphosphate by glycerinated sea urchin spermatozoa as functions of adenosine triphosphate concentration suggests that each molecule of the flagellar adenosine triphosphatase, dynein, dephosphorylates one adenosine triphosphate molecule during each beat cycle.


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Flagellar Movement: A Sliding Filament Model: An explanation is suggested for the spontaneous propagation of bending waves by flagella.
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