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SUBMITTER: Loreng TD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5287073 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Loreng Thomas D TD Smith Elizabeth F EF
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology 20170201 2
The motile cilium is a complex organelle that is typically comprised of a 9+2 microtubule skeleton; nine doublet microtubules surrounding a pair of central singlet microtubules. Like the doublet microtubules, the central microtubules form a scaffold for the assembly of protein complexes forming an intricate network of interconnected projections. The central microtubules and associated structures are collectively referred to as the central apparatus (CA). Studies using a variety of experimental a ...[more]