Esoteric organelles called deuterosomes have been implicated in the explosive production of hundreds of basal bodies in multiciliated cells (MCCs). A new study by Meunier, Holland, and colleagues now shows that deuterosomes are dispensable, re-igniting the quest for mechanisms driving basal body biogenesis in this specialized ciliated cell type.

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多纤毛细胞：氘的兴衰

被称为申特体的神秘细胞器参与了多纤毛细胞（MCCs）数百个基体的爆炸性生产。荷兰梅尼耶尔（Meunier，Holland）及其同事进行的一项新研究现在表明，氘核是可有可无的，重新激发了对这种特殊纤毛细胞类型中驱动基体生物发生的机制的探索。