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The Interactions of Microtubules and Microfilaments


Hong Qiu, Rong Yu*
College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Abstract: As two major components of cytoskeleton, microtubules and microfilaments are interconnected in functions of structure and signal control by kinds of cross-bridges, and to be an integrated network. Here we showed that they cooperate functionally during a wide variety of processes, including cell migration, apoptosis, cytokinesis, morphogenesis, cytoplasmic streaming, organelle movement and cellular transport.


CSTR: 32200.14.cjcb.2009.04.0003