Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Fibrogranular materials function as organizers to ensure the fidelity of multiciliary assembly

  • Huijie Zhao,
  • Qingxia Chen,
  • Fan Li,
  • Lihong Cui,
  • Lele Xie,
  • Qiongping Huang,
  • Xin Liang,
  • Jun Zhou,
  • Xiumin Yan,
  • Xueliang Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21506-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Multicilia are complex, and how they achieve accurate assembly is unclear. Here, the authors show that fibrogranular materials condense into spherical cores and function in multicilia formation by tightly associating with deuterosomes and concentrating specific proteins to promote proper assembly.