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How do trypanosome IFT trains choose special tracks?

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Intraflagellar transport trains in Trypanosoma brucei are known to selectively associate with a subset of axonemal doublet microtubules. In this issue, Araujo Alves et al. (https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202501088) aim to elucidate the mechanisms underlying this selective association using high-resolution microscopy approaches.

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