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Characterization of single channel currents from primary cilia of renal epithelial cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 14 Oct 2005
Raychowdhury Malay K, McLaughlin Margaret, Ramos Arnolt J, Montalbetti Nicolás, Bouley Richard, Ausiello Dennis A, Cantiello Horacio F
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The primary cilium is a ubiquitous, non-motile microtubular organelle lacking the central pair of microtubules found in motile cilia. Primary cilia are surrounded by a membrane, which has a unique complement of membrane proteins, and may thus be functionally different from the plasma membrane. The function of the primary cilium remains largely unknown. However, primary cilia have important sensory transducer...
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