Microtubules
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Filaments in the cycloskeleton; Major types:
- Microtubule structure:
- Tubulin subunits
- Protofilaments, nucleation and growth
- Polarity
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Dynamic Instability [Mitchison, T., and M. Kirchner. "Microtubule Assembly Nucleated by Isolated Centrosomes." Nature 312, (1984): 232.]
- Verde, F., et al. "Control of microtubule dynamics and length by cyclin A-and cyclin B-dependent kinases in Xenopus egg extracts." Journal Cell Biology 118, (1992): 1097. [Dogterom, M., and S. Leibler. "Physical aspects of the growth and regulation of microtubule structures." Physical Review Letters 70, (1993): 1347-50.]
- Flyvbjerg, H., T. E. Holy, et al. "Stochastic Dynamics of Microtubules: A Model for Caps and Catastrophes". Phsical Review Letters 73, no. 17 (1994): 2372.
- Search strategy
- Ndlec, F.J., et al. "Self-organization of microtubules and motors." Nature 389, (1997): 305-308.
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