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Microtubules
Microtubules: are tubular polymers of tubulin that form part of the cytoskeleton that provides structure and shape to the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and some bacteria.
AUG 25, 2021 | 10:30 AM
In 1910, Harrison published the first report of frog embryonic sympathetic ganglia grown in hanging drops of lymph for a few days, where single neurons extended nerve fibers with complex gro...
JUN 03, 2020 | 2:00 AM
Similar to the “histone code” hypothesis in which epigenetic marks on histone tails expand the information potential of the genetic code, different tubulin isoforms, combined wit...
JUN 03, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Microtubules (MTs) are dynamic cytoskeleton polymers forming a polarized intracellular network that provides structural support, facilitates intracellular transport and drives chromosome seg...
JUN 03, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Centriole assembly requires a small number of conserved proteins. The precise pathway of centriole assembly has been difficult to study, as the lack of any one of the core assembly proteins&...
NOV 19, 2019 | 10:00 AM
DATE: November 19, 2019TIME: 10:00am PSTMicroglial cells are the resident innate immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS) and are responsible for regulating inflammatory activati...
NOV 01, 2017 | 12:00 AM
For more than four decades, restrictions on research with psychoactive drugs have slowed progress in understanding how such substances impact brain metabolism. Besides the historical restrict...
SEP 27, 2017 | 6:00 AM
A fundamental question in neuronal development is how growth cone cytoskeletal dynamics are coordinated to promote accurate axonal navigation. To address this question, we focus on microtubul...
AUG 17, 2017 | 10:00 AM
DATE: August 17, 2017TIME: 10:00am PT, 1:00pm ETCounterflow centrifugal elutriation (CCE) is a well-known technique used commonly several decades ago in scientific research. In this tec...
MAR 19, 2014 | 12:00 PM
Axonal growth and pathfinding is fundamental to the development and regeneration of the nervous system. Src tyrosine kinase has been implicated in this process; however, the detailed molecula...