“…Unlike axonemal and matrix proteins that are synthesized in the cytosol and transported to flagella by intraflagellar transport (IFT) protein complexes, flagellar membrane proteins are synthesized in the ER and transported to the plasma and flagellar membrane via the Golgi complex. Vesicle transport to the flagellum appears to be regulated by a number of specific effector proteins (Rab8, Arl-3), cargo adaptors (AP-1 subunit, STAM) (Bae et al, 2006;Dwyer et al, 2001;Hu et al, 2007), phosphoinositides (Wei et al, 2008) and non-IFT cytoplasmic protein complexes (BardetBiedi syndrome, OSEG and exocyst proteins) (Avidor-Reiss et al, 2004;Cuvillier et al, 2000;Dwyer et al, 2001;Hu et al, 2007;Nachury et al, 2007;Pullen et al, 2004;Qin et al, 2005;Rosenbaum and Witman, 2002;Sahin et al, 2008a;Scholey and Anderson, 2006;Wei et al, 2008;Zuo et al, 2009). Although it is generally assumed that the axoneme provides the structural template for the flagellar membrane, the extent to which flagellar membrane dynamics regulate axoneme biogenesis and maintenance is not understood.…”