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Microtubule Polymerization Process

Known as: Microtubule Polymerization, microtubule assembly 
Microtubule polymerization is a cellular process typically, though not solely, involved in cell motility and cell division. Stabilization of… 
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MAP4MAP4 geneMAP4 wt AlleleNegative Regulation of Microtubule Polymerization

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microtubule nucleation

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Association of polo-like kinase with alpha-, beta- and gamma-tubulins in a stable complex.
The polo-like kinase (Plk) family has been shown to have an important role in the regulation of the cell-division cycle… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Role of GTP hydrolysis in microtubule polymerization: evidence for a coupled hydrolysis mechanism.
The relationship between GTP hydrolysis and microtubule assembly has been investigated by using a rapid filtration method… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
A common amino acid sequence in 190-kDa microtubule-associated protein and tau for the promotion of microtubule assembly.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Prostaglandins change cell shape and increase intercellular gap junctions in osteoblasts cultured from rat fetal calvaria
Mounting experimental evidence indicates that osteoblasts may be cellular intermediaries in the local activation of bone… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Structure-activity study of cytotoxicity and microtubule assembly in vitro by taxol and related taxanes.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Head-to-tail polymerization of microtubules in vitro.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
X-ray kinetic studies of microtubule assembly using synchrotron radiation
The assembly of microtubules has been investigated by time-resolved X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation. The small… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Effects of a chemotactic factor, N-formylmethionyl peptide, on adherence, superoxide anion generation, phagocytosis, and microtubule assembly of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
FMLP promoted microtubule assembly in PMNs at concentrations which were chemotactic for the cells. At higher concentrations than… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Nucleotide binding and phosphorylation in microtubule assembly in vitro.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Directionality of brain microtubule assembly in vitro.
Chicks were injected intra-cerebrally with [(3)H]leucine, and (3)H-labeled microtubules were assembled in vitro in the brain… 
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