What is Centriole?
[[File:Centriole-schema.SVG|thumb]] [[File:Centriole3D.png|thumb|Three-dimensional view of a centriole]] The '''centriole''' is a [[cytoplasm]]ic structure in most [[eukaryote]] [[Cell (biology)|cells]]. It is involved in [[cell division]] and in the formation of [[cilia]] and [[flagella]]. Centrioles are not found in [[vascular plant]]s and in most [[fungi]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Quarmby LM & Parker JD |title=Cilia and the cell cycle?|journal=The Journal of Cell Biology |volume=169 |pages=707–710 |year=2005 |issue=5|pmid=15928206 |pmc=2171619 |doi=10.1083/jcb.200503053 |url=http://www.jcb.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15928206 |access-date=2008-07-08}}</ref> Most centrioles are nine sets of microtubule triplets, arranged in a cylinder. A pair of centrioles, arranged [[wikt:perpendicual|perpendicularly]] and surrounded by a mass of dense material makes up the [[centrosome]].<ref name=edde>{{cite journal |author=Eddé B. |display-authors = etal |title=Posttranslational glutamylation of alpha-tubulin|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=247 |issue=4938 |pages=83–85 |year=1990 |pmid=1967194 |doi=10.1126/science.1967194 |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/247/4938/83 |access-date=2008-07-09}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Organelles]]