An Integrative Model of Internal Axoneme
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ROBERT H. DILLON; LISA J. FAUCI
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We present a #uid-mechanical model of an individual cilium which incorporates discrete representations of the dynein arms, the passive elastic structure of the axoneme including the microtubules and nexin links. This model, based upon the immersed boundary method (Peskin, 1977), couples the internal