The transition zone is a specialized compartment found at the base of cilia, adjacent to the centriole distal end, where axonemal microtubules are heavily crosslinked to the surrounding membrane to ...

For the first time, the scientists visualised the molecular ‘nano-machinery’ that causes cilia to beat, visible as identical structures dotted every 96 nanometres along the cilia length. These ...

The axoneme of a mature flagellum in a sperm of Polytrichum juniperinum contains a double helix of two 500 Å ribbons, between the central fibers and the peripheral doublets. This double helix ...

The first image of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways – has been produced by a team involving UCL researchers and could lead to much-needed ...