ciliary tip
Part of the cilium where the axoneme ends. The ciliary tip has been implicated in ciliary assembly and disassembly, as well as signal transduction. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23970417 ]
Term info
ciliary tip
- cilial tip
- cilium tip
- flagellar tip
- flagellum tip
Note that cilia and eukaryotic flagella are deemed to be equivalent.
paola
2013-12-12T11:12:22Z
cellular_component
GO:0097542