CC-2494 pf23 mt-

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From Gianni Piperno, Rockefeller University, June 1990

Phenotype: impaired motility

This mutant was isolated in Luck’s laboratory by mutagenesis with methyl methanesulfonate. The flagella are about 2/3 of the wild-type length.


Huang B, Piperno G, Luck DJ (1979) Paralyzed flagella mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Defective for axonemal doublet microtubule arms. J Biol Chem 254:3091-3099

Okagaki T, Kamiya R (1986) Microtubule sliding in mutant Chlamydomonas axonemes devoid of outer or inner dynein arms. J Cell Biol 103:1895-1902

Kamiya R (1995a) Exploring the function of inner and outer dynein arms with Chlamydomonas mutants. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 32:98-102

Frey E, Brokaw CJ, Omoto CK (1997) Reactivation at low ATP distinguishes among classes of paralyzed flagella mutants. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 38:91-99


  • Locus:
  • PF23
  • Chromosome:
  • 11