Whilst flagella feature predominantly on prokaryotic cells, numerous other species possess ... these microorganisms create bending movements in their cilium in a stroke-like manner.

By contrast, cells also contain a single, nonmotile cilium known as the primary cilium. Its presence on cells has been known for more than a century, but many believed it was a functionless ...

The cellular innovations that differentiated the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA) from prokaryotes ... cells. For example, characterizing the formation and operation of the vertebrate proto ...

Prokaryotes, which were long thought to have ... that are representative of two important groups of eukaryotic cells: cilium- or flagellum-dependent swimming cells and actin-dependent migrating ...

"The primary cilium acts as a kind of antenna for nerve cells," said first author Yoshiho Ikeuchi, PhD, a staff scientist. "It's covered in receptors that monitor environmental conditions outside ...

A nucleus is one of many membrane-bound compartments that distinguishes our eukaryotic cells from the prokaryotic cells of microorganisms like bacteria. Eukaryotic cells also possess energy ...

Prokaryotes, on the other hand—one celled organisms like bacteria—are simple, with a notable lack of internal membrane enclosed structures (i.e., nuclei) in their one and only cell.

Eukaryotic cell DNA in a nucleus, plasmids are found in a few simple eukaryotic organisms. Prokaryotic cell DNA is a single molecule, found free in the cytoplasm; additional DNA is found on one or ...