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. 2022 Apr 19;13:2056. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29741-3

Fig. 8. Microridge-like structures anchor basal body rootlets.

Fig. 8

a Multiciliated cells of the Xenopus epidermis form microridge-like structures, requiring Nonmuscle Myosin II (NMII). b Actin filaments, connecting the Fhod3-labeled tip of the anterior rootlet to Ezrin-containing microridges, anchor motile cilia into their final position. c Fhod3 localizes adjacent to FAK to the tip of the anterior rootlet. Ezrin interacts with Fhod3 and represents part of the actin-anchoring complex at the apical plasma membrane.