Seixas, CecíliaGonçalves, JoãoMelo, Luís ViseuSoares, Helena2019-05-162019-05-162018-10Seixas C, Gonçalves J, Melo LS, Soares H. Tetrahymena cilia cap is built in a multi-step process: a study by atomic force microscopy. In: EMBO Workshop Cilia 2018, Copenhagen (Denmark), October 2-5, 2018.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/10030In motile cilia, a basal body organizes the axoneme composed of nine microtubule doublets surrounding a central pair of singlet microtubules. The distal ends of axonemal microtubules are attached to the membrane by microtubule-capping structures. Since little is known about the early steps of cilium assembly, it was our aim to get insight into the first assembly stages and structure of motile cilia.engStructural biologyBasal bodyCiliumconference object