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Figure 1. The Xenopus embryo: a model system for studying multiciliated epithelia. A: Image of a Xenopus embryo showing the punctate pattern of ciliated cells that cover the surface. (B) Enlarged inlay of (A) indicating that individual ciliated cells must be coordinately polarized. C: Xenopus embryo stained with anti Beta-tubulin antibody to mark the cilia (green) and Rhodamine labeled phalloidin to mark actin (Red). D: Enlarged inlay of (B) indicating that individual cilia must be coordinately polarized within each ciliated cell. E: Portion of a cell from a Xenopus embryo injected with the basal body marker, Centrin-RFP (red) and the rootlet marker GFP-CLAMP (green) which is used to score the orientation of individual cilia (Park et al.,2008).Reproduced with permission of the Publisher, John Wiley & Sons Image published in: Werner ME and Mitchell BJ (2012) Copyright © 2012. Image reproduced with permission of the Publisher, John Wiley & Sons. Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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