Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

Microtubule asters anchored by FSD1 control axoneme assembly and ciliogenesis

  • Hai-Qing Tu,
  • Xuan-He Qin,
  • Zhi-Bin Liu,
  • Zeng-Qing Song,
  • Huai-Bin Hu,
  • Yu-Cheng Zhang,
  • Yan Chang,
  • Min Wu,
  • Yan Huang,
  • Yun-Feng Bai,
  • Guang Wang,
  • Qiu-Ying Han,
  • Ai-Ling Li,
  • Tao Zhou,
  • Feng Liu,
  • Xue-Min Zhang,
  • Hui-Yan Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07664-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Microtubule asters originate from centrosomes but their role during interphase remains largely unknown. Here, the authors find that microtubule asters anchored by previously-uncharacterized FSD1 play a role in ciliogenesis by maintaining the dynamic localization of centriolar satellites.