The assembly of a cilium, a specialized eukaryotic organelle that consists of a filiform extrusion of the cell surface. Each cilium is bounded by an extrusion of the cytoplasmic membrane, and contains a regular longitudinal array of microtubules, anchored basally in a centriole. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27350441 GOC:kmv GOC:pr GOC:cilia GOC:dph GOC:BHF GOC:vw https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0198506732 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13978319 ]
Synonyms: cilium formation ciliogenesis microtubule-based flagellum assembly
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- organelle assembly
- plasma membrane bounded cell projection assembly
- cilium organization
- has part some axoneme assembly
- has part some protein localization to cilium
- has part some ciliary transition zone assembly
- has part some vesicle targeting, trans-Golgi to periciliary membrane compartment
- has part some ciliary basal body-plasma membrane docking
- has part some intraciliary transport involved in cilium assembly