In addition to human cilia, the team examined the axoneme structure of a single-celled alga called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which uses two tail-like projections on its surface to swim.

In addition to human cilia, the team examined the axoneme structure of a single-celled alga called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which uses two tail-like projections on its surface to swim.

The axoneme has a characteristic nine-doublet outer ring of microtubules, with no central microtubule at the base; however, this structure may change after cilia emerge from the cell surface.

Cilia contain an intriguing cytoskeletal structure, termed the axoneme that consists of nine doublet microtubules radially interlinked and longitudinally organized in multiple specific repeat units.

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Secondary defects in cilia function also underpin many chronic lung diseases. Each cilium comprises a microtubular backbone known as the ciliary axoneme, surrounded by plasma membrane. Motile cilia ...

Mechanical manipulation of cilia was critical to the study “Mechanical manipulation of immotile LRO cilia activated intraciliary calcium transients that required the cation channel Polycystin-2.

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One protein, named CEP162, is an axoneme-recognition protein tethered at centriole distal ends to promote and specify TZ formation specifically at the cilia base. Special control of primary ...

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