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Avital S Shulman1, Meng-Fu Bryan Tsou1

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Developmental Cell
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PubMed
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Cilia are vital sensory organelles. A new study uses comparative proteomics to explore the evolutionary links between cilia and cell signaling pathways, revealing key insights into their interconnected functions.

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