CYTOSKELETON - MICROTUBULE NUCLEATION TAKES SHAPE

Authors
MURPHY SM STEARNS T
Citation
Sm. Murphy et T. Stearns, CYTOSKELETON - MICROTUBULE NUCLEATION TAKES SHAPE, Current biology, 6(6), 1996, pp. 642-644
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
6
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
642 - 644
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1996)6:6<642:C-MNTS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The centrosomal protein gamma-tubulin is part of a ring-shaped complex that can induce microtubule polymerization. This complex may explain how the centrosome nucleates microtubule polymerization, and thereby o rganizes the microtubule cytoskeleton.