Dear Robert,

to my knowledge there is no report on primary cilia in old EM papers  
of Roos, Moens and McIntosh.
A primary cilium is likely to require a centriole-like structure at  
its base. So far, there is are to my knowledge no hints for the  
existence of proteins that are really specific for centrioles

All the best,

Ralph




Am 11.06.2009 um 12:49 schrieb Robert Insall:

> Dear Dictyologists,
>
> Has anyone ever looked for nonmotile primary cilia in Dictyostelium?
>
> Best,  Robert
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