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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… Expand
National Institutes of Health

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CentrosomeMicrobiologicalProcess of secretionaspects of radiation effects
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Kinetosome of ciliumequatorial microtubule organizing center

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Microtubule cytoskeleton

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Review
2018
Review
2018
Insight into Cellular Uptake and Intracellular Trafficking of Nanoparticles
Nanoparticle science is rapidly changing the landscape of various scientific fields and defining new technological platforms… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Integrin-Mediated Activation of Cdc42 Controls Cell Polarity in Migrating Astrocytes through PKCζ
We describe here a signal transduction pathway controlling the establishment of mammalian cell polarity. Scratching a confluent… Expand
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Pericentrin, a highly conserved centrosome protein involved in microtubule organization
Antisera from scleroderma patients that react widely with centrosomes in plants and animals were used to isolate cDNAs encoding a… Expand
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
The fission yeast gamma-tubulin is essential for mitosis and is localized at microtubule organizing centers.
gamma-Tubulin exists in fission yeast as the product of an essential gene, encoding a 446 amino acid protein that is 77.3… Expand
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Translocation and clustering of endosomes and lysosomes depends on microtubules
Indirect immunofluorescence labeling of normal rat kidney (NRK) cells with antibodies recognizing a lysosomal glycoprotein (LGP… Expand
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Fate of microtubule-organizing centers during myogenesis in vitro
Microtubule organization and nucleation were studied during in vitro human myogenesis by immunocytology that used monoclonal and… Expand
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Non-spindle microtubule organizing centers in metaphase II-arrested mouse oocytes
A human autoantiserum (5051) directed against pericentriolar material (PCM) was used to study the distribution of microtubule… Expand
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Reorientation of the microtubule-organizing center and the Golgi apparatus in cloned cytotoxic lymphocytes triggered by binding to lysable target cells.
By immunofluorescence observations with cell couples of cloned murine cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and target cells, evidence is… Expand
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Polarization of the Golgi apparatus and the microtubule-organizing center within cloned natural killer cells bound to their targets.
In cell couples formed between a cloned murine natural killer (NK) cell and either of two target cells, we have obtained evidence… Expand
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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Polarization of the Golgi apparatus and the microtubule-organizing center in cultured fibroblasts at the edge of an experimental wound.
We have used the technique of experimental wounding of confluent monolayers of normal fibroblasts to induce essentially… Expand
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