Sentences with phrase «microtubule organizing»

After gathering into a big blob around the chromosomes, the many microtubule organizing centers then began to repel each other.

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Microtubules are tiny cylindrical structures that organize themselves to form a spindle.

In animal cells (as well as yeast cells), the microtubules that act to separate chromosomes during cell division are usually organized around a central structure.

Before the cell can use microtubules for these and other essential functions, it must first organize them into carefully crafted bundles, which become the basis for three dimensional shapes.

Microtubules can spontaneously self - organize, transforming from many singular components into one large cellular structure capable of performing specific tasks.

The researchers found that the motor protein kinesin - 5 (green) helps prepare the spindle by organizing its filaments, or microtubules, (red) by pushing them or acting as a brake.

Cells normally have two centrioles that work together as a unit to anchor and organize microtubules, the molecular rods that form the cell's backbone.

Jan Brugués, Valeria Nuzzo, Eric Mazur, Daniel J. Needleman Nucleation and Transport Organize Microtubules in the Spindle.

Linker for activation of T cells, ζ - associated protein - 70, and Src homology 2 domain - containing leukocyte protein - 76 are required for TCR - induced microtubule - organizing center polarization.

The centrosome is the main microtubule - organizing center in animal cells.

A current focus is how the cortical microtubule cytoskeleton — an interior scaffolding that directs construction of the cell's walls and the growth of the plant — is organized and functions and how this guides patterns of cell growth and division.