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Microtubules

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It should be clear now that MT have two contradictory properties: they are rigid structures, and act as supporting skeletons of many cellular differentiated organelles, such as axopodia, cilia, cytopharyngeal baskets; on the other hand, in many conditions, they may disassemble into their molecules of tubulin within a short time, and display a considerable lability which is apparently surprizing for a skeletal structure. MT are also associated with many intracellular movements, in mitosis, neuroplasmic flow, saltatory movements, secretion, phagocytosis. One of the principal problems about MT function is this relation between “skeletal” and “muscular” activities: are these both directly related to tubulins, or are the MT only supports for other proteins playing a role in movement, as in cilia and flagella, where dynein is the true agent of motion?

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Dustin, P. (1978). Cell Shape. In: Microtubules. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96436-7_8

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