The Mechanism of Tubulin Assembly into Microtubules: Insights from Structural Studies

Summary: Microtubules are cytoskeletal components involved in pivotal eukaryotic functions such as cell division, ciliogenesis, and intracellular trafficking. They assemble from αβ-tubulin heterodimers and disassemble in a process called dynamic instability, which is driven by GTP hydrolysis. Struct...

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Main Authors: Marcel Knossow, Valérie Campanacci, Liza Ammar Khodja, Benoît Gigant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220307033