Sentences with phrase «tubulin code»

Now Roll - Mecak is applying her mathematical mind to cell biology in an effort to crack the tubulin code.

The «tubulin code» or «multi-tubulin» hypothesis is several decades old, but experimental proof for it is just now starting to emerge.

These findings add to the growing understanding of the «tubulin code» — a phenomenon where TTLL7 and similar proteins add amino acids to microtubules and prompt them to fast - track certain proteins for transport.