KAMIYA, Ritsu

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神谷 律 (かみや りつ)
KAMIYA, Ritsu

神谷 律
Title Professor
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences (Zoological Science), Graduate School of Science
E-mail

Room 151, Faculty of Science Bldg.2, 1F
TEL +81-3-5841-4426
24426 (ext.)


Research Field

Cell Physiology

Research Subject

Mechanism of Formation and Function of Cellular Motility Machinery

Current Research

I am studying the assembly and movements of flagellar axoneme. My research aims to clarify the mechanism that produces the regular axonemal structure, and to understand the properties of force generating protein dynein. For these purposes, I perform various experiments ranging from genetics, biochemistry to biophysics, using a unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas. The ultimate goal of my research is to produce, from purified proteins, a molecular machine that generates oscillatory bending movements as observed in cilia and flagella.

Keywords

Flagellum, Cilium, Dynein, Motor Proteins, Microtubule, Light Microscopy, in vitro Motility System, Nanometrology

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