Structure of a cilium (IMAGE)

University of Münster

Structure of a cilium

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Structure of a cilium of the green alga Clamydomonas reinhardtii (tomographic segmentation): the cilium is covered by a protein layer (FMG 1). Underneath lies the inner glycocalyx and the ciliary membrane. The innermost part is the ‘skeleton’ of microtubule-based complexes, the so-called axoneme.

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A. Nievergelt/adapted from Hoepfner et al. (2025)

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