Nucleating new branches from old.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2013.01.040 and PMC identifier 5456455.
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Abstract
Centrosome- and chromatin-based microtubule nucleation pathways have been implicated in spindle assembly. Using total internal reflection fluorescent microscopy and Xenopus egg extracts, Petry et al. demonstrate that new microtubules can also nucleate and branch out from existing ones in animal cells.