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SUBMITTER: Zabeo D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5807425 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20180209 1
Eukaryotic flagella are complex cellular extensions involved in many human diseases gathered under the term ciliopathies. Currently, detailed insights on flagellar structure come mostly from studies on protists. Here, cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) was performed on intact human spermatozoon tails and showed a variable number of microtubules in the singlet region (inside the end-piece). Inside the microtubule plus end, a novel left-handed interrupted helix which extends several micrometers wa ...[more]