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Microtubule dynamics
Author(s) -
Avila Jesús
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.4.15.2253844
Subject(s) - microtubule , cytoskeleton , microbiology and biotechnology , cytoplasm , morphogenesis , biology , cell , microtubule nucleation , dynamics (music) , centrosome , genetics , physics , cell cycle , gene , acoustics
A combination of biochemical, structural, and morphological analyses during the last 2 decades has shown that the cytoplasm of a cell is not a disorganized mass of jelly but a highly structured cell compartment formed of a cytoskeleton, one of which principal components are the microtubules. More recently, studies have revealed that microtubule cytoskeleton is not only well organized but highly dynamic, and that microtubule dynamics may be responsible for several cell functions such as chromosome segregation, cell morphogenesis, or intracytoplasmic organization.—A vila , J. Microtubule dynamics. FASEB J. 4: 3284–3290; 1990.