title: Ciliary regulation: disassembly takes the spotlight.
abstract: The mechanisms that control organelle size are poorly understood. Genetic analysis now shows that a NIMA-related kinase helps to regulate the size of cilia by activating disassembly of the cilium when it gets too long.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Electronic address: pacrofts@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Prachee
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Avasthi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Electronic address: wallace.marshall@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Wallace F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Marshall
mesh_terms: D002696:Chlamydomonas / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D025461:Feedback, Physiological; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; C506116:Cnk2 protein, Chlamydomonas; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases