Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 15 September 2026 · From issue 37

FAP53 facilitates formation of microtubule doublets

A protein called FAP53 helps build paired tubes inside cilia, but only if a tube already exists.

Ming Li, Guanghan Chen et al.

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