supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31372274 and 31422051);Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China (No. JQ201506) to C.Z.;supported by the grant from NIH/NIDCR (R01DE018043) to P.C.Y.
Cilia, microtubule-based structures found on the surface of almost all vertebrate cells, play an array of diverse biological functions. Abnormal ciliary axonemal structure and function can result in a class of genetic...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30671090 and 30771084);National Basic Research Program of China ("973" Program) (Grant No. 2007CB914401)
The biological function of motile cilia/flagella has long been recognized. The non-motile primary cilium, once regarded as a vestigial organelle, however, has been found recently to play unexpected roles in mammalian ...