Cytoskeleton: microtubule nucleation takes shape.
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.
Murphy
S M
SM
Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, California 94305-5020, USA.
Stearns
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D000818:Animals; D018385:Centrosome; D003599:Cytoskeleton; D006801:Humans; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology*; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism*
D014404:Tubulin