C. reinhardtii mutants used in this study
| Mutant | Gene product | Motility phenotype | Morphological defect | Protein missing | Protein in reduced amount | References |
| pf1 | RSP4 | Paralyzed | Headless | RSP1, 4, 6, 9, and 10 | − | Huang et al., 1981 |
| pf14 | RSP3 | Paralyzed | Spokeless | RSP1–23 | − | Piperno et al., 1981 |
| pf24 | RSP2 | Paralyzed | Headless, missing part of the stalk | − | RSP1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 16, and 23 | Huang et al., 1981; Patel-King et al., 2004; Yang et al., 2004 |
| ida4 | IDA4 | Reduced swimming velocity | Missing dynein a/d, c, and d/a | Dynein a, c, and d | − | Kamiya et al., 1991; Kagami and Kamiya, 1992 |
| Mutant | Gene product | Motility phenotype | Morphological defect | Protein missing | Protein in reduced amount | References |
| pf1 | RSP4 | Paralyzed | Headless | RSP1, 4, 6, 9, and 10 | − | Huang et al., 1981 |
| pf14 | RSP3 | Paralyzed | Spokeless | RSP1–23 | − | Piperno et al., 1981 |
| pf24 | RSP2 | Paralyzed | Headless, missing part of the stalk | − | RSP1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 16, and 23 | Huang et al., 1981; Patel-King et al., 2004; Yang et al., 2004 |
| ida4 | IDA4 | Reduced swimming velocity | Missing dynein a/d, c, and d/a | Dynein a, c, and d | − | Kamiya et al., 1991; Kagami and Kamiya, 1992 |
Minus signs indicate unavailable data.