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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
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
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
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Ca2+, Calmodulin‐Dependent Regulation of Microtubule Formation via Phosphorylation of Microtubule‐Associated Protein 2, τ Factor, and Tubulin, and Comparison with the Cyclic AMP‐Dependent…
Abstract: Isolated microtubule‐associated protein 2 (MAP2), τ factor, and tubulin were phosphorylated by a purified Ca2… 
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
Structure--antitubulin activity relationship in steganacin congeners and analogues. Inhibition of tubulin polymerization in vitro by (+/-)-isodeoxypodophyllotoxin.
A new series of 23 synthetic analogues of the naturally occurring antitumor lignan steganacin was tested for the inhibition of… 
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
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Calcium-induced inactivation of microtubule formation in brain extracts. Presence of a calcium-dependent protease acting on polymerization-stimulating microtubule-associated proteins.
Incubation of brain extracts in the presence of 1 mM CaCl2 results in the permanent loss of tubulin polymerization, even after… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Nucleotide binding and phosphorylation in microtubule assembly in vitro.
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