Authors: Matthew H. Doran, Qingwei Niu, Jianwei Zeng, Tom Beneke, James Smith, Peter Ren, Sophia Fochler, Adrian Coscia, Johanna L. Höög, Shimi Meleppattu, Polina V. Lishko, Richard J. Wheeler, Eva Gluenz, Rui Zhang, Alan Brown
Published: 2025-03-13
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The movement and pathogenicity of trypanosomatid species, the causative agents of trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis, are dependent on a flagellum that contains an axoneme of dynein-bound doublet microtubules (DMTs). In this work, we present cryo–electron microscopy structures of DMTs from two trypanosomatid species,