Spatial organization of microtubule-organizing centers and microtubules.
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Spatial organization of microtubule-organizing centers and microtubules
Do microtubule-organizing centers (MTOCs)' really organize microtubules? How is MTOC action integrated with other procedures for spatial control of microtubules? These are crucial questions so far as further progress in understanding the organization ofthe cytoplasmic matrix and the integration of cellular function are concerned . For example, it has been pointed out that microtubules may act a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0021-9525,1540-8140
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.99.1.55s