The carboxy-terminal tails of α- and β-tubulin are essential for microtubule function. They lie on the outer surface of the microtubule where they can influence the binding of associated proteins.

γ-Tubulin-containing complexes are thought to nucleate and anchor centrosomal microtubules (MTs). Surprisingly, a recent study (Strome, S., J. Powers, M. Dunn, K ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A series of unconventional microtubule organizing centers play a fundamental role during egg chamber development in Drosophila. To gain a ...

Microtubules, one component of a cell’s skeleton, are hollow tubes formed from the polymerization of ?- and ?-tubulin, which are themselves important structural proteins of the mitotic spindle that ...

Microtubules, one component of a cell's skeleton, are hollow tubes formed from the polymerization of α- and β-tubulin, which are themselves important structural proteins of the mitotic spindle that ...

Dr. Nielsen received his B.A. in Biology and Philosophy from Oberlin College in 1988 and was awarded his Ph.D. from Stanford University in Evolutionary Genetics in 1995. He then worked at Indiana ...

Microtubules, one component of a cell's skeleton, are hollow tubes formed from the polymerization of α- and β-tubulin, which are themselves important structural proteins of the mitotic spindle that ...