Atypical basal bodies in a normal, apparently healthy cow.
The authors report an altered geometrical configuration of some basal body cylinder in a normal, apparently healthy cow. Defective basal bodies of the so-called 'half-centriole' are described. Only one microtubular pattern is composed of ten triplets encircling an apparently symmetric lumen. In medical literature there are a few documented cases of basal body cylinder defects. Most of them have been described in ciliary pathology. This paper deals with the first cases of basal body abnormalities observed in a healthy domestic animal.
Roperto
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Guarino
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Galati
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002502:Centrioles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D008870:Microtubules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015388:Organelles / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014599:Uterus / Q000648:ultrastructure