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Microtubule Depolymerization Process

Known as: Disassembly of Microtubules, microtubule disassembly, microtubule shortening 
Any microtubule process involving the removal of tubulin heterodimers from one or both ends of a microtubule.
National Institutes of Health

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KIF2C geneKIF2C wt AlleleKinesin-Like Protein KIF2CNegative Regulation of Microtubule Depolymerization

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cytoplasmic microtubule depolymerizationmicrotubule catastrophe

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Embelin derivatives and their anticancer activity through microtubule disassembly.
Biological activities of the 1,4-benzoquinone derivatives 5- O-ethylembelin ( 1) and 5- O-methylembelin ( 2) were investigated… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Apoptosis induction via microtubule disassembly by an antitumour compound, pironetin.
We reported previously that pironetin and its derivatives were potent inhibitors of cell cycle progression at the M-phase and… 
1996
1996
The role of Ca2+ in progesterone-induced germinal vesicle breakdown of Xenopus laevis oocytes: the synergic effects of microtubule depolymerization and Ca2+
Abstract By monitoring 45Ca2+ influx and efflux from oocytes a transient increase followed by a transient decrease in the Ca2… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
How taxol modulates microtubule disassembly.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Microtubules in mesophyll cells of nonacclimated and cold-acclimated spinach : visualization and responses to freezing, low temperature, and dehydration.
Responses of cortical microtubules in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L. cv Bloomsdale) mesophyll cells to freezing, thawing… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Calcium and calmodulin-dependent phosphorylation of a 62 kd protein induces microtubule depolymerization in sea urchin mitotic apparatuses
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Intracellular pH shift leads to microtubule assembly and microtubule-mediated motility during sea urchin fertilization: correlations between elevated intracellular pH and microtubule activity and…
The regulation of the microtubule-mediated motions within eggs during fertilization was investigated in relation to the shift in… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
The mechanism of calcium-induced microtubule disassembly.
1976
1976
Calcium ionophores A23187 and X537A affect cell agglutination by lectins and capping of lymphocyte surface immunoglobulins.
1975
1975
Temperature dependence of anaphase chromosome velocity and microtubule depolymerization
The time course of chromosome movement and decay of half-spindle birefringence retardation in anaphase have been precisely… 
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