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Beyond 9+0: noncanonical axoneme structures characterize sensory cilia from protists to humans
6 Apr 2010
Abstract excerpt
The intracellular amastigote stages of parasites such as Leishmania are often referred to as aflagellate. They do, however, possess a short axoneme of cryptic function. Here, our examination of the structure of this axoneme leads to a testable hypothesis of its role in the cell biology of pathogenicity. We show a striking similarity between the microtubule axoneme structure of the Leishmania mexicana parasite...
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