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Distinct roles of two homologous kinesins in mammalian motile cilia

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How do the two kinesin-9 members Kif6 and Kif9 function in mammalian cilia? Ou and colleagues discuss new work from Fang et al. (https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202312060) showing that Kif6 is an active motor while Kif9 serves as a stationary regulator, both of which are essential for cilia motility.

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