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Published April 7, 1967 | public
Journal Article

Adenosine Triphosphate Usage by Flagella

Brokaw, C. J.

Abstract

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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© 1967 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Received 3 February 1967. Supported in part by PHS grants GM-6965 and GM-14613. I thank B. Benedict for assistance with this work, and Dr. G. Stephens for use of facilities at the University of California, Irvine.

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