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Fig. 14b: Infraciliature - kinetodesmal fiber to left of kinety

Enlargement of anterior end of 14a showing the kinetodesmal fiber (kd) that extends anteriorly to the left side of the kinety past 2 more anterior basal bodies in the kinety. Postciliary microtubules (pc mt) and transverse microtubular (tr mt) ribbons are also labeled. lo mt, longitudinal microtubular ribbon. EM taken on 1/29/65 by R. Allen with RCA TEM. Neg. 22,000X. Bar = 0.2µm. Published in J. Protozool. 14:553-565, 1967.
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