Meanings
adjectivemulticiliated (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving multiple cilia.
In this work of Schueler et al., DCDC2 protein has been identified to colocalize with alpha-tubulin to the axoneme of primary cilia of human renal tubule cells and cholangiocytes in human liver and to multiciliated ependymal cells and pia mater cells in mouse brain.
2015 September 3, “Everolimus Stabilizes Podocyte Microtubules via Enhancing TUBB2B and DCDC2 Expression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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