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Centrioles
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Definition
: Self-replicating, short, fibrous, rod-shaped organelles. Each centriole is a short cylinder containing nine pairs of peripheral microtubules, arranged so as to form the wall of the cylinder.
A 11 qualif except /cytol; /genet permitted
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Centriole
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CETN2 protein, human
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*Calcium-Binding Proteins
*Cell Cycle Proteins
Centrioles.
Curr Biol. 2002 Aug 6;12(15):1287-92
SAS-
4 protein, C elegans
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*Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
Centrioles.
Cell 2003 Feb 21;112(4):575-87