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nonmotile primary cilium assembly |
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| Synonyms: |
- immotile primary cilium assembly
- nonmotile primary cilia assembly
- sensory cilium assembly
- sensory cilium biogenesis
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| Definition: |
The assembly of a primary cilium which contains a variable array of axonemal microtubules but does not contain molecular motors. Nonmotile primary cilia are found on many different cell types and function as sensory organelles that concentrate and organize sensory signaling molecules.
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