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Un centro de organización de microtúbulos que dirige el transporte intracelular en el embrión de ratón temprano

J Zenker1, M D White1, R M Templin2

  • 1Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 2, 2017
PubMed
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Los embriones de mamíferos carecen de centrosomas, los organizadores de microtúbulos habituales. En su lugar, los puentes citokinéticos estabilizan los microtúbulos, formando un MTOC no centrosomal esencial para el desarrollo temprano y el transporte de moléculas de adhesión celular.

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