Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the proteinaceous cylindrical hollow structures that are distributed throughout the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, providing structural support and assisting in cellular locomotion and transport.
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- noun small tubes made of
protein and found in cells; part of the cytoskeleton.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a microscopically small tubule
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Examples
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The common view was that microtubules all began at the cell body; the graph should have simply shown a decrease in microtubule number as one looked further from the cell body.
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John Sulston had already found that these cells had unique bundles of very prominent microtubules (the cells were originally called the microtubule cells), so they were very easy to see in the micrographs.
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Both mitotic and meiotic spindle microtubules are stabilized and organized into a bipolar shape by a number of accessory proteins, called microtubule motors and MAPs (for "Microtubule-Associated Proteins")
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Vincent Gache et al. 2010
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Marching along a microtubule is the kinesin motor, the hero of our story, carrying a huge sack of proteins to be delivered to a pre-determined place in the cell.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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Since CLIPR-59, CLIP-170-related protein, has recently been identified as a microtubule binding protein associated with lipid rafts, we analyzed the role of GD3-CLIPR-59 association in lymphoblastoid T cell apoptosis triggered by CD95/Fas.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Maurizio Sorice et al. 2010
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Marching along a microtubule is the kinesin motor, the hero of our story, carrying
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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Marching along a microtubule is the kinesin motor, the hero of our story, carrying
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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Marching along a microtubule is the kinesin motor, the hero of our story, carrying a huge sack of proteins to be delivered to a pre-determined place in the cell.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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Marching along a microtubule is the kinesin motor, the hero of our story, carrying a huge sack of proteins to be delivered to a pre-determined place in the cell.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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Marching along a microtubule is the kinesin motor, the hero of our story, carrying a huge sack of proteins to be delivered to a pre-determined place in the cell.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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