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Study sheds light on cilia’s function in cells, role in diseases A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to the function of motile cilia, the hair-like structures extending from the su...

We are in the news! UT Southwestern’s #NicastroLab, led by Drs. Nicastro, Zhang & Zhao, just unveiled the complete 3D structure of the once mysterious “radial spoke 3” in mouse motile cilia! See more at: www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/art...

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🎉 Congrats to Yanhe, Kangkang, @amirtavakoli.bsky.social, Long & co-authors for revealing the atomic structure of RS3, a Giga-sized complex in motile cilia! A tour de force in #cryoET, #cryoEM, #proteomics & modeling. Out now in Nat Struct Mol Biol! doi.org/10.1038/s415... @CellUtsw

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