title: Primary cilia: how to keep the riff-raff in the plasma membrane.
abstract: A recent report suggests that plasma membrane proteins are excluded from primary cilia via anchoring to the cortical actin cytoskeleton. These findings challenge the existence of a diffusion barrier at the base of the cilium.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford, CA 94305-5345, USA.
authors.forename: David K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Breslow
authors.forename: Maxence V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Nachury
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D002923:Cilia / Q000378:metabolism*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D021381:Protein Transport; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins