Resumen de Three-dimensional structure of basal body triplet revealed by electron cryo-tomography

Sam Li, Jose Jesús Fernández, Wallace F. Marshall, David A. Agard

• The basal body, derived from the centriole, is a microtubule-organizing organelle that nucleates the cilium in non-dividing cells. Cryo-electron tomography reveals the overall structure of this organelle, and provides insights its biogenesis and function.