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. 2013 Jun 3;23(11):R471-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.056.

Ciliary secretion: switching the cellular antenna to 'transmit'

Prachee Avasthi  1 , Wallace Marshall
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Ciliary secretion: switching the cellular antenna to 'transmit'

Prachee Avasthi et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Cilia are microtubule/membrane-based protrusions that mediate cell motility or transduce sensory information. New work in Chlamydomonas demonstrates that cilia can also act as secretory organelles by budding enzyme-containing vesicles from the flagellar membrane for post-mitotic hatching of daughters from the mother cell wall.

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