Sentences with phrase «tubulin molecules»

For example, formation of the mitotic spindle significantly depletes the numbers of free tubulin molecules in the soluble phase of the cytoplasm.

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Building from two subunits, alpha and beta tubulin, this protein assembles into microtubules that play a vital role inside cells — giving structure, pushing or pulling other things around, or providing a track on which other molecules can pull themselves along.

To achieve this, the scientists fused SiR molecules with compounds that bind tubulin or actin.

Unfortunately, in neurons exposed to toxicants such as the mercury in thimerosal, the structural building blocks of the axon (molecules called tubulin) are disassembled, causing the axon to disintegrate.