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microtubule

[¦mī·krō′tüb·yül]
(cell and molecular biology)
One of the hollow tubelike filaments found in certain cell components, such as cilia and the mitotic spindle, and composed of repeating subunits of the protein tubulin.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Con la retraccion del citoplasma, el gameto se va plegando a medida que el nucleo se estrecha y las raices microtubulares se alinean en torno a este, a las mitocondrias y a los plastidios (Fig.
El modelo Penrose-Hameroff presupone de esta manera cierta "armonia, u orquestacion" entre los sistemas macroscopicos, la conformacion microtubular y la conciencia, pero estos presupuestos no derivan de una previa doctrina metafisica de tipo dualista sino de la teoria cientifica que trata de construir puentes de unificacion entre la fisica cuantica y la relatividad general de Einstein.
It has been reported that depolymerization occurs in the microtubular structure of the platelets and changes occur in the structure of actin polymerization during inflammation and as a result, platelets change their shapes and this change is reflected in the MPV value (16).
[4] This is due to guanosine monophosphate dehydrogenase and beta-glucuronidase deficiency which alters the microtubular and lysosomal function leading to incomplete elimination of bacteria from macrophages.
Microstructured polymer optical fiber [29], which consists of microtubular inside a polymer fiber similar to the photonic crystal fiber [30] is also attentioned greatly due to simple fabrication technique, but the size of the pores and spacings in the polymer fiber are generally in micrometre- or submicrometre-scale for optical guiding.
Proper organization of the microtubular cytoskeleton during meiotic and mitotic divisions is essential for the formation of high quality, viable pollen grains.
The relocation of CFTR induced by STa is dependent on the intact microtubular network, PKA, and PKG.

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