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microtubuleTubular structure enclosed by a membrane found within animal and plant cells. Of varying length, they have several functions. They help give shape to many cells and are major components of cilia and flagella, participate in the formation of the spindle during cell division (mitosis), and assist the movement of vesicles from the cell bodies of nerve cells toward the ends of those cells' long extensions (axons) and back to the cell bodies. |
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| In earlier work, many specialists in biologically inspired micromotors--including Uyeda's group--used components of cells, such as filaments called microtubules (SN: 10/27/01, p. Since the compound does not interfere with the formulation of microtubules, it is expected to develops no serious side effects such as nerve disorders. Sertoli cell microtubules have previously been proposed as a target of 2,5-hexanedione (32,33). |
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Microtubules
