Microtubule doublets are double-track railways for intraflagellar transport trains

The cilium is a large macromolecular machine that is vital for motility, signaling, and sensing in most eukaryotic cells. Its conserved core structure, the axoneme, contains nine microtubule doublets, each comprising a full A-microtubule and an incomplete B-microtubule. However, thus far, the functi...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2016-05, Vol.352 (6286), p.721-724
Main Authors: Stepanek, Ludek, Pigino, Gaia
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Axoneme - metabolism
Axoneme - ultrastructure
Biological Transport
Cellular biology
Chlamydomonas - metabolism
Chlamydomonas - ultrastructure
Cilia - metabolism
Cilia - ultrastructure
Flagella - metabolism
Flagella - ultrastructure
Geometry
Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods
Microscopy
Microscopy, Electron - methods
Microscopy, Fluorescence - methods
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subjects Axoneme - metabolism
Axoneme - ultrastructure
Biological Transport
Cellular biology
Chlamydomonas - metabolism
Chlamydomonas - ultrastructure
Cilia - metabolism
Cilia - ultrastructure
Flagella - metabolism
Flagella - ultrastructure
Geometry
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Microscopy
Microscopy, Electron - methods
Microscopy, Fluorescence - methods
title Microtubule doublets are double-track railways for intraflagellar transport trains
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