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Microtubules and spermatogenesis

Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2014
Microtubules are dynamic polymers of tubulin subunits that underpin many essential cellular processes, such as cell division and migration. Spermatogenesis is the process by which spermatogenic stem cells undergo mitotic and meiotic division and differentiation to produce streamlined spermatozoa capable of motility and fertilization.
O'Donnell, L., O'Bryan, M.
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Mechanics of microtubules

Journal of Biomechanics, 2010
Microtubules are rigid cytoskeletal filaments, and their mechanics affect cell morphology and cellular processes. For instance, microtubules for the support structures for extended morphologies, such as axons and cilia. Further, microtubules act as tension rods to pull apart chromosomes during cellular division. Unlike other cytoskeletal filaments (e.g.
Matthew Mirigian   +3 more
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Microtubule dynamics

Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 1992
Although compelling evidence has been obtained for heterogeneity in the structure of subunits in microtubules, it has not been possible to prove that this results from the presence of tubulin-GDP and tubulin-GTP in polymers. There are reasons to exclude the existence of even a monolayer of tubulin-GTP subunits at microtubule ends.
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Microtubules and Maps

2005
Microtubules are very dynamic polymers whose assembly and disassembly is determined by whether their heterodimeric tubulin subunits are in a straight or curved conformation. Curvature is introduced by bending at the interfaces between monomers. Assembly and disassembly are primarily controlled by the hydrolysis of guanosine triphosphate (GTP) in a site
Daniel Schlieper, Linda A. Amos
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Microtubule-dependent microtubule nucleation in plant cells

Journal of Plant Research, 2006
Regulation of microtubule nucleation sites is an essential step in microtubule organization. Cortical microtubule arrays in green plant cells at inter-phase are organized in a distinct manner--the array is formed in the absence of previously recognized organelles for microtubule nucleation, for example the centrosome and spindle pole body. Microtubules
Takashi Murata   +3 more
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Interaction of griseofulvin with microtubules, microtubule protein and tubulin

Journal of Molecular Biology, 1977
The interaction of the anti-mitotic drug griseofulvin with microtubule protein, microtubules and tubulin was studied by light scattering analysis and electron microscopy in two different systems: (1) microtubule assembly in the absence of glycerol, which depends on the presence of microtubule-associated proteins and (2) microtubule assembly in the ...
Jürgen Wehland   +2 more
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τ Regulation of Microtubule‐Microtubule Spacing and Bundling

Journal of Neurochemistry, 1994
Abstract: τ proteins are microtubule‐associated proteins that promote microtubule polymerization in vitro and in vivo. They are a family of neuronal proteins with apparent molecular weights in the range 50,000–68,000 determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate‐polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Recently, a new member of this family has been described and its
Irene S. Georgieff   +3 more
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Microtubules in the Lens

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1968
Microtubules were regularly demonstrated in lens cells. They were especially abundant in the cortex at the equator where the movement of lens cells is most active. The microtubules may serve to maintain the shape and rigidity of the lens cell at the portion of constant movement.
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Microtubule nucleation

Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2003
Microtubule nucleation is the process in which several tubulin molecules interact to form a microtubule seed. Microtubule nucleation occurs spontaneously in purified tubulin solutions, and molecular intermediates between tubulin dimers and microtubules have been identified.
Didier, Job   +2 more
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Focusing-in on microtubules

Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2000
A good approximation of the atomic structure of a microtubule has been derived from docking the high-resolution structure of tubulin, solved by electron crystallography, into lower resolution maps of whole microtubules. Some structural interactions with other molecules, including nucleotides, drugs, motor proteins and microtubule-associated proteins ...
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