"Microtubules" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Slender, cylindrical filaments found in the cytoskeleton of plant and animal cells. They are composed of the protein TUBULIN and are influenced by TUBULIN MODULATORS.
| Descriptor ID |
D008870
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.430.214.190.750.602
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Microtubules" by people in this website by year, and whether "Microtubules" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microtubules" by people in Profiles.
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TRIM46 Is Required for Microtubule Fasciculation In Vivo But Not Axon Specification or Axon Initial Segment Formation. J Neurosci. 2024 Oct 16; 44(42).
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Microtubules Sequester Acetylated YAP in the Cytoplasm and Inhibit Heart Regeneration. Circulation. 2025 Jan 07; 151(1):59-75.
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Inducible tricolor reporter mouse for parallel imaging of lysosomes, mitochondria, and microtubules. J Cell Biol. 2024 01 01; 223(1).
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Insights into Cell-Specific Functions of Microtubules in Skeletal Muscle Development and Homeostasis. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Feb 02; 24(3).
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Cytokinesis machinery promotes cell dissociation from collectively migrating strands in confinement. Sci Adv. 2023 01 13; 9(2):eabq6480.
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Loss of a4A- and ?1-tubulins leads to severe platelet spherocytosis and strongly impairs hemostasis in mice. Blood. 2022 11 24; 140(21):2290-2299.
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A microtubule-connexin-43 regulatory link suppresses arrhythmias and cardiac fibrosis in Duchenne muscular dystrophy mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2022 11 01; 323(5):H983-H995.
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Microtubule polarity is instructive for many aspects of neuronal polarity. Dev Biol. 2022 06; 486:56-70.
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The tubulin code in platelet biogenesis. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2023 03 15; 137:63-73.
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Cryo-ET of Toxoplasma parasites gives subnanometer insight into tubulin-based structures. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 02 08; 119(6).