Trachea (IMAGE)
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The HEATR2 protein (red) is located in the body of airway cells lining the trachea, not in the cilia (green) or the nuclei (blue). Finding HEATR2 outside of the cilia was the first clue for Amjad Horani, MD, and Steven Brody, MD, that the protein did not form part of the cilia's motor. Later, they discovered that HEATR2 formed the scaffold on which the motor was built.
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Amjad Horani
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