The cartwheel was first visualized ~70 years ago in the symbiont Trichonympha in the wood termite gut. Weโve discovered the cartwheelโs secret: a unique zigzag stacking of SAS-6 tetramers that facilitates the iconic 9-fold symmetry of cilia.
#cellbiology #teamtomo #SAS6 #cartwheel
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Bui Lab @McGill
3D printing is way too much fun ๐
Just made myself a Titan Krios G5 pen holder ๐ง๐ฌ
Now the only thing missingโฆ is McGill getting the real one! ๐
Oops, I forgot the preprint link
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The printing profile & the Stl file can be downloaded here:
makerworld.com/en/models/24...
You need an AMS to print with color or just a single black for everything.