Although microtubules are key players in many cellular processes, very little is known about
their dynamic and mechanical properties in physiological three-dimensional environments …

Microtubules are dynamically unstable polymers that interconvert stochastically between
growing and shrinking states by the addition and loss of subunits from their ends. However …

Microtubules are dynamic polymers of αβ-tubulin that are essential for intracellular
organization, organelle trafficking and chromosome segregation. Microtubule growth and …

Microtubules are dynamic polymers that participate in multiple cellular processes such as
vesicular transport and cell division. Microtubule dynamics alter dramatically during the cell …

Microtubules in living cells frequently bend and occasionally break, suggesting that
relatively strong forces act on them. Bending implies an increase in microtubule lattice …

The function of cellular organelles relates not only to their molecular composition but also to
their size. However, how the size of dynamic mesoscale structures is established and …

Microtubules are essential protein filaments required to organize and rearrange the interior
of the cell. They must be stiff with mechanical integrity to support the structure of the cell. Yet …

The precise regulation of microtubules and their dynamics is critical for cell cycle
progression, cell signaling, intracellular transport, cell polarization, and organismal …

The microtubule cytoskeleton plays critically important roles in numerous cellular functions
in eukaryotes, and it does so across a functionally diverse and morphologically disparate …

The organization and function of microtubules change dramatically during the cell cycle. At
the onset of mitosis, a radial array of microtubules is broken down and reorganized into a …