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Nature Cell Biology 10, 437–444 (1 April 2008) | doi:10.1038/ncb1706

elipsa is an early determinant of ciliogenesis that links the IFT particle to membrane-associated small GTPase Rab8

Yoshihiro Omori , Chengtian Zhao , Arunesh Saras , Saikat Mukhopadhyay , Woong Kim , Takahisa Furukawa , Piali Sengupta , Alexey Veraksa & Jarema Malicki

The formation and function of cilia involves the movement of intraflagellar transport (IFT) particles underneath the ciliary membrane, along axonemal microtubules. Although this process has been studied extensively, its molecular basis remains incompletely understood.