The connecting cilium inner scaffold provides a structural foundation that protects against retinal degeneration

• Olivier Mercey,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Corinne Kostic,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Group for Retinal Disorder Research, Department of Ophthalmology, University Lausanne, Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Fondation Asile des Aveugles, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Eloïse Bertiaux,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Alexia Giroud,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Yashar Sadian,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation CryoGenic Facility, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• David C. A. Gaboriau,

  Roles Methodology

  Current address: Facility for Imaging by Light Microscopy, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Centre for Chromosome Biology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

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• Ciaran G. Morrison,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Chromosome Biology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

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• Ning Chang,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Unit of Retinal Degeneration and Regeneration, Department of Ophthalmology, University Lausanne, Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Fondation Asile des Aveugles, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Yvan Arsenijevic,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit of Retinal Degeneration and Regeneration, Department of Ophthalmology, University Lausanne, Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Fondation Asile des Aveugles, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Paul Guichard ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: paul.guichard@unige.ch (PG); virginie.hamel@unige.ch (VH)

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0363-1049

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• Virginie Hamel

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: paul.guichard@unige.ch (PG); virginie.hamel@unige.ch (VH)

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5092-2343

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