GSBS Student Publications
Title
Construction of centrosomes and spindle poles by molecular motor-driven assembly of protein particles
Publication Date
2001-02-24
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Program in Molecular Medicine
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Centrosomes and other microtubule organizing centers are the largest non-membranous organelles in most cells. This morphologically diverse class of organelles shares a common ability to nucleate and organize microtubules in interphase and participates in the formation of mitotic spindles during cell division. This review summarizes recent evidence suggesting that assembly of centrosomes and mitotic spindle poles require transport of large protein particles along microtubules by the molecular motor cytoplasmic dynein.
Source
Traffic. 2000 Dec;1(12):927-34.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Related Resources
PubMed ID
11208082
Repository Citation
Zimmerman, Wendy Cherie and Doxsey, Stephen J., "Construction of centrosomes and spindle poles by molecular motor-driven assembly of protein particles" (2001). GSBS Student Publications. 663.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/663