Luminal particles within cellular microtubules
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Luminal particles within cellular microtubules
The regulation of microtubule dynamics is attributed to microtubule-associated proteins that bind to the microtubule outer surface, but little is known about cellular components that may associate with the internal side of microtubules. We used cryoelectron tomography to investigate in a quantitative manner the three dimensional structure of microtubules in intact mammalian cells. We show that ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1540-8140,0021-9525
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200606074