title: Cytoskeleton: microtubule nucleation takes shape.
abstract: The centrosomal protein gamma-tubulin is part of a ring-shaped complex that can induce microtubule polymerization. This complex may explain how the centrosome nucleates microtubule polymerization, and thereby organizes the microtubule cytoskeleton.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, California 94305-5020, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stearns
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018385:Centrosome; D003599:Cytoskeleton; D006801:Humans; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology*; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014404:Tubulin