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SUBMITTER: Emmer BT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2818192 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Emmer Brian T BT Maric Danijela D Engman David M DM
Journal of cell science 20100201 Pt 4
Cilia are specialized surface regions of eukaryotic cells that serve a variety of functions, ranging from motility to sensation and to regulation of cell growth and differentiation. The discovery that a number of human diseases, collectively known as ciliopathies, result from defective cilium function has expanded interest in these structures. Among the many properties of cilia, motility and intraflagellar transport have been most extensively studied. The latter is the process by which multiprot ...[more]