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Microtubule Polymerization

Microtubule Polymerization is a biochemical process in which tubulin dimers add to the ends of microtubules, thereby elongating the cytoskeletal filaments through the assembly of α/β-tubulin subunits in a regulated, energy-dependent manner.

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2017–2026

281

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Microtubule Assembly

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Publications

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Promotion of microtubule assembly in vitro by taxol

Peter B. Schiff, Jane Fant, Susan Band Horwitz · Nature · 1979 · 3.6K citations

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A protein factor essential for microtubule assembly.

Murray Weingarten, Arthur H. Lockwood, S Y Hwo et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1975 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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Structure of the αβ tubulin dimer by electron crystallography

Eva Nogales, Sharon G. Wolf, Kenneth H. Downing · Nature · 1998 · 2.1K citations

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Microtubule Assembly in the Absence of Added Nucleotides

Michael L. Shelanski, Felicia Gaskin, Charles R. Cantor · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1973 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Visualization of Cellulose Synthase Demonstrates Functional Association with Microtubules

Alexander R. Paredez, Christopher R. Somerville, David W. Ehrhardt · Science · 2006 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

7.2K

  1. LW
    Leslie Wilson

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    33 publications · 4.3K citations

    30

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  2. MW
    Marc W. Kirschner

    Harvard University, United States

    24 publications · 9.3K citations

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  3. GG
    Gary G. Borisy

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    25 publications · 4K citations

    23

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  4. EH
    Ernest Hamel

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    31 publications · 1.8K citations

    21

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  5. EN
    Eva Nogales

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

    17 publications · 4.7K citations

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Institutions

1.5K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    41 h-index

    299 publications

    20.4K citations

  2. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    36 h-index

    144 publications

    27.2K citations

  3. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    35 h-index

    203 publications

    19.4K citations

  4. Inserm

    Paris, France

    34 h-index

    235 publications

    18.1K citations

  5. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    34 h-index

    101 publications

    15.1K citations

  6. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    31 h-index

    120 publications

    9.4K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    29 h-index

    76 publications

    10.6K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    26 h-index

    80 publications

    9.8K citations

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  1. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 118 publications · 14.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 132 publications · 9.8K citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 84 publications · 14.2K citations

    53

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  4. Biochemistry

    66 publications · 5.1K citations

    40

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  5. Molecular Biology of the Cell

    MBC · 51 publications · 5.4K citations

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