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A Tour de force of primary cilium biogenesis

Elif Nur Firat-Karalar brings to our attention the early works by Sergei Sorokin that paved the way for research into the biogenesis and function of primary cilia.

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Firat-Karalar, E.N. A Tour de force of primary cilium biogenesis. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 22, 650 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-021-00381-7

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