Their functions are primarily mechanical ... vimentin filaments are found in a broad range of cell types and frequently colocalize with microtubules. Similarly, lamins are found in all cell ...

First atomic-scale 'movie' of microtubules under construction, a key process for cell division Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO) Journal Science Funder Ministerio de Ciencia e ...

Microtubules are responsible for organization of intracellular ... Fear not, for the vesicle has arrived! Vesicles function in a cell for transportation in and out of the cell, and the University ...

Microtubules are like scaffold structures, and just like when constructing a building, the cell needs to assemble them in the ...

Researchers have uncovered how egg cells ... and function of the Bb, which are vital for successful embryonic development. The researchers also uncovered the essential role of microtubules ...

Little is known about the structure and function of these cilia ... scaffold made of tubular protein rods, the microtubules.

Michael Lampson, PhD is a cell biologist at the University of Pennsylvania ... which mediates the chromosome’s interactions with spindle microtubules. Because the core centromere function of ...

Tau is a microtubule-associated protein that helps to stabilize the structure of neurons, specifically by supporting microtubules, cylindrical structures that contribute to cell motility ...