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Title: CIL:34603, Tetrahymena pyriformis, cell by organism, eukaryotic cell, Eukaryotic Protist, Ciliated Protist
Creator: Allen, Richard
Contributor: Allen, Richard
Date Created and/or Issued: 2021
Contributing Institution: UC San Diego, Research Data Curation Program
Collection: Cell Image Library
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Description: A cross section of cilium through the cilium-basal body complex extending from the cilium to the transition zone between the cilium and basal body and ending at the proximal tip of the basal body. In cross section the 9 + 2 axoneme of the cilium stands out. The plasma membrane covers the axoneme and is continuous with the plasma membrane covering the cell body. Each doublet tilts inward to the tangent of the axonemal cylinder. Two arms, an inner arm and outer arm, extend from the complete microtubule of each doublet. These arms have ATPase activity and are called dyneins. They cause one doublet to slide against the adjacent doublet. Other protein links, like the spokes, in the axoneme are elastic and induce the characteristic bending of the cilium and prevent excess sliding as the doublets slide past each other. TEM taken on 7/15/67 by R. Allen with RCA EMU3F operating at 50kV. Neg. 19,200X. Adapted with permission. The raw film was scanned with an Epson Perfection V750 Pro. This image is best used for quantitative analysis.
Research Data Curation Program, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/rdcp)
Allen, Richard (2021). CIL:34603, Tetrahymena pyriformis, cell by organism, eukaryotic cell, Eukaryotic Protist, Ciliated Protist. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0C827ZT
Type: image
Identifier: ark:/20775/bb40340748
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Cilium axoneme assembly
Eukaryotic cell
Cilium axoneme
Eukaryotic Protist
Cilium
Ciliated Protist
Cell by organism
Tetrahymena pyriformis
Cell Image Library Group ID: 8771

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