Transport of Molecular Motors into Cilia (IMAGE)

Aarhus University

Transport of Molecular Motors into Cilia

Caption

The picture at the top shows a sperm cell with the head (cell body) and tail (also known as flagellum or cilium) that propels the sperm cell forward. The schematic in the middle shows how dynein motors (yellow stars) are transported via intraflagellar transport (IFT) and periodically distributed. The picture at the bottom illustrates how the ODA16 structure functions as an adaptor between the transport system and the dynein motors.

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Esben Lorentzen

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