Assembly dynamics of microtubules at molecular resolution

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Jacob W. J. Kerssemakers
E. Laura Munteanu
Liedewij Laan
Tim L. Noetzel
Marcel E. Janson
Marileen Dogterom
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[1] Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF),Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
[2] Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) Dresden,undefined
[3] University of Pennsylvania,undefined
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Nature | 2006年 / 442卷
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A single-molecule approach was used to observe the growth dynamics of individual microtubules. Observations suggest that small tubulin oligomers can add directly to growing microtubules, and that the protein XMAP215 facilitates the addition of longer oligomers.
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