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. [ GOC:vw GOC:dph GOC:kmv GOC:BHF http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13978319 GOC:cilia GOC:pr http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27350441 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0198506732 ]
Synonyms: cilium formation ciliogenesis microtubule-based flagellum assembly
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- cellular component assembly
- organelle assembly
- plasma membrane bounded cell projection assembly
- cilium organization
- has part some axoneme assembly
- in taxon some (not Gnetales)
- has part some protein localization to cilium
- not (in taxon some Ascomycota)
- not (in taxon some Magnoliopsida)
- in taxon some (not Zygnematales)
- in taxon some (not Dictyostelium)
- has part some intraciliary transport involved in cilium assembly
- in taxon some (not Magnoliopsida)
- results in assembly of some cilium
- not (in taxon some Gnetales)
- in taxon some (not Ascomycota)
- has part some ciliary transition zone assembly
- in taxon some (not Coniferophyta)
- in taxon only Eukaryota
- has part some vesicle targeting, trans-Golgi to periciliary membrane compartment
- not (in taxon some Dictyostelium)
- not (in taxon some Zygnematales)
- not (in taxon some Coniferophyta)
- starts with some ciliary basal body-plasma membrane docking