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Microtubule-Organizing Center

Known as: microtubule organising centre, MTOC, Microtubule Organizing Center 
An intracellular structure that can catalyze gamma-tubulin-dependent microtubule nucleation and that can anchor microtubules by interacting with… 
National Institutes of Health

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Kinetosome of ciliumequatorial microtubule organizing center

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Microtubule cytoskeleton

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Formation of aggresome-like structures in herpes simplex virus type 2-infected cells and a potential role in virus assembly.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Regulation of microtubule‐organizing center orientation and actomyosin cytoskeleton rearrangement during immune interactions
Summary: The reorganization of membrane, cytoskeletal and signaling molecules during immune interactions is critical for the… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The differential distribution of acetylated and detyrosinated alpha‐tubulin in the microtubular cytoskeleton and primary cilia of hyaline cartilage chondrocytes
The primary cilium is a ubiquitous cytoplasmic organelle of unknown function. Ultrastructural evidence of primary cilia in… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Microtubule involvement in the intracellular dynamics for gene transfection mediated by cationic liposomes
The effects of microtubule polymerization on liposome-mediated gene transfection were investigated by confocal laser scanning… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Myosin Va associates with microtubule-rich domains in both interphase and dividing cells.
Class V unconventional myosins are two-headed, nonfilamentous, actin-based mechanoenzymes that appear to be expressed… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Microtubule organizing centers and gamma-tubulin.
The polar assembly of cellular microtubules is organized by microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs). Eukaryotic cells across… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Apical orientation of the microtubule organizing center and associated gamma-tubulin during the polarization of the retinal pigment epithelium in vivo.
Simple epithelial cells express a morphological and functional polarity along their apical-to-basal axis. During the development… 
1990
1990
Microtubule detachment from the microtubule-organizing center as a key event in the complete turnover of microtubules in cells.
Microtubule (MT) response to different steady state temperatures and to rapid shifts in temperature was studied quantitatively in… 
1989
1989
Sea urchin oocytes possess elaborate cortical arrays of microfilaments, microtubules, and intermediate filaments.
Review
1980
Review
1980
Microtubules in cultured cells; indirect immunofluorescent staining with tubulin antibody.
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