Physical limits of flow sensing in the left-right organizer

Fluid flows generated by motile cilia are guiding the establishment of the left-right asymmetry of the body in the vertebrate left-right organizer. Competing hypotheses have been proposed: the direction of flow is sensed either through mechanosensation, or via the detection of chemical signals trans...

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Main Authors: Rita R Ferreira, Andrej Vilfan, Frank Jülicher, Willy Supatto, Julien Vermot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-06-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/25078