Microtubules are polymers of tubulin that form part of the cytoskeleton and provide structure and shape to eukaryotic cells. Microtubules can be as long...
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The microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) is a structure found in eukaryotic cells from which microtubules emerge. MTOCs have two main functions: the organization...
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destabilizing microtubules, guiding microtubules towards specific cellular locations, cross-linking microtubules and mediating the interactions of microtubules with...
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Cytoskeleton (redirect from Cytoplasmic Microtubule Complex)
Additionally, the microtubules control the beating (movement) of the cilia and flagella. Also, the dynein arms attached to the microtubules function as the...
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In cell biology, microtubule nucleation is the event that initiates de novo formation of microtubules (MTs). These filaments of the cytoskeleton typically...
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Spindle apparatus (redirect from Anastral microtubules)
center. The microtubule-associated protein Augmin acts in conjunction with γ-TURC to nucleate new microtubules off of existing microtubules. The growing...
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cytoskeleton, and particularly on microtubules. As neuroscience has progressed, the role of the cytoskeleton and microtubules has assumed greater importance...
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microtubules, and astral microtubules. The centromeres are split, and the sister chromatids are pulled toward the poles by kinetochore microtubules....
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Tubulin (section Microtubules)
polymerize into microtubules, a major component of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton. It was discovered and named by Hideo Mōri in 1968. Microtubules function in...
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Prometaphase (section Types of microtubules)
metaphase. The microtubules are composed of two types, kinetochore microtubules and non-kinetochore microtubules. Kinetochore microtubules begin searching...
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