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Relationship between ciliary rootlets and smooth endoplasmic reticulum

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In ciliated cells of thymic cysts in Nude mice, ciliary rootlets are constantly and closely related to smooth endoplasmic reticulum and clear vesicles. This special association suggests that this structure does not play only an anchoring role but must be involved in the general metabolism of the cilium.

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  1. Department of Histology, Directeur: Professeur S. Haumont, University of Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium

    André C. Cordier

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This work was supported by Grant 10,013 from the “Fonds de la Recherche Fondamentale Collective”, Bruxelles, Belgium.

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Cordier, A.C. Relationship between ciliary rootlets and smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Cell Tissue Res. 166, 315–318 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00220128

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