Reiter Lab
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Cilia, Hedgehog, Polycystin, GLI, multiciliation, transition zone, MC4R... What's not to like?
Super-intriguing story from Matt Harrington group. Mussels remain in place despite being buffeted by waves by using billions of cilia to hold onto collagen sheets that attach to rocks! And if they want to move, serotonin allows the cilia to wriggle free of the sheets:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 19, 2023 at 10:09 PM
Super-intriguing story from Matt Harrington group. Mussels remain in place despite being buffeted by waves by using billions of cilia to hold onto collagen sheets that attach to rocks! And if they want to move, serotonin allows the cilia to wriggle free of the sheets:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Whew! What's up, peeps? Please come follow us for long-running (some might say monomaniacal) threads on ciliary signaling...
November 19, 2023 at 1:59 AM
Whew! What's up, peeps? Please come follow us for long-running (some might say monomaniacal) threads on ciliary signaling...