Ciliary Doublet Microtubules at Near-Atomic Resolution

Gregory J Pazour; Stephen M King

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.013

Ciliary Doublet Microtubules at Near-Atomic Resolution

Cell. 2019 Oct 31;179(4):805-807. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.013.

Authors

Gregory J Pazour¹, Stephen M King²

Affiliations

¹ Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Biotech II, Suite 213, 373 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. Electronic address: gregory.pazour@umassmed.edu.
² Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA. Electronic address: king@uchc.edu.

PMID: 31675493
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.013

Abstract

The beauty of the eukaryotic cilium has been appreciated since electron microscopy first revealed its 9-fold symmetry. In this issue of Cell, Ma et al. use cryoelectron microscopy and modeling to define doublet microtubules at near-atomic resolution, revealing an intricate array of proteins decorating the inner and outer surfaces.

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Cilia*
Cryoelectron Microscopy
Microscopy, Electron
Microtubules*
Proteins

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Proteins

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