Microtubule dynamic instability: the role of cracks between protofilaments
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Microtubule dynamic instability: the role of cracks between protofilaments.
Microtubules (MTs) are cytoplasmic protein polymers that are essential for fundamental cellular processes including the maintenance of cell shape, organelle transport and formation of the mitotic spindle. Microtubule dynamic instability is critical for these processes, but it remains poorly understood, in part because the relationship between the structure of the MT tip and the growth/depolymer...
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عنوان ژورنال: Soft Matter
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1744-683X,1744-6848
DOI: 10.1039/c3sm52892h