microtubule
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- noun
- /ˌmaɪkroʊˈtjuːbiːl/
- Specialized
- The current state of affairs indicates that both kinetochore motor molecules and microtubule flux contribute to chromosome movement.
- kinetochore microtubules
- microtubule interaction
- microtubule assembly
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Watch on YouTubeAnd that there's a tiny kind of almost like a water slide in the middle of each of these microtubules.
- And that there's a tiny kind of almost like a water slide in the middle of each of these microtubules.
- And see, he formed the view that it's the microtubules that they affect.
- But even if we leave all this aside, it doesn't take a quantum computer to compute what these microtubules do.
- So there's there are those who say for example, that consciousness arises from orchestrated collapse of quantum states of microtubules in in neurons.
Examples
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For example, NMDAR calcium transients promote actin polymerization, which recruits microtubule entry into dendritic spines.
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The kinesin molecule works its way, taking almost humanlike steps along structures called microtubules inside cells.
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Now an important aspect of microtubule function has to do with mitosis.
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OK, so now I'm going to tell you about the microtubules themselves.
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And the microtubules are these pipelines throughout the cell for transport, for structure and everything.
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There appears to be a rough correlation between evolutionary complexity and the number of kinetochore microtubules.
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Kinetochore fibers (K-fibers) are bundles of microtubules that connect to kinetochores.
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Anaphase B consists principally of spindle elongation by sliding of overlapping midzone microtubules.
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Throughout the cell, microtubules maintain its shape and facilitate intracellular transport.
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Studies show that microtubules are crucial during cell division as they organize chromosomes.
Synonyms
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A very small tube in living things that carries liquid
A small tube in an organ or device that carries fluid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Microtubule is made of micro- ('small') and tubule ('small tube'), the same micro- you see in microscope and the everyday word 'tube'. So a microtubule is literally a tiny tube inside cells that moves things around and helps cells divide.