Protein family review
The tektin family of microtubule-stabilizing proteins
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Correspondence: Linda A Amos laa@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
Genome Biology 2008, 9:229 doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-7-229
Published: 29 July 2008Tektins are insoluble a-helical proteins essential for the construction of cilia and flagella and are found throughout the eukaryotes apart from higher plants.