Primary cilium formation is severely impaired in AK1 or AK1B fragment–expressing cells. (A) Schematic of the procedure used for primary cilium induction. (B) Representative images of control (right), flag-AK1 (middle)–, and flag-AK1B (left)–transfected cells maintained in 0.25% serum for 36 h and triple labeled for polyglutamylated tubulin (pglu-tub), AKAP450, and GMAP210. Double merged images are as indicated. Boxes are enlarged on the bottom. T, transfected cell; NT, nontransfected cells. Bars, 7.5 µm. (C) Bar graphs showing the increase on the percentage of cells with primary cilium at 0, 24, and 36 h after serum deprivation. Dotted lines indicate the percentage of cells containing a cilium before starvation. n = 300 from three independent experiments (*, P < 0.001; Tukey HSD). Error bars indicate standard deviations.