Self-organization of spindle-like microtubule structures
Abstract
Microtubules are essential cellular structures, which are the basis for the mitotic spindle. We show that microtubule polymerization in the presence of a crosslinker results in spindle-like assemblies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1039/c8sm01835a
Entities
People
- Anthony Englert
- Bianca Edozie
- Carline Fermino Do Rosario
- Jennifer L. Ross
- Miranda Pitta
- Sumon Sahu
Organizations
- Amherst College
- Army Research Office
- Division of Materials Research
- Division of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences
- National Science Foundation
- United States Army
- University of Massachusetts