Microtubule-Organizing Center
"Microtubule-Organizing Center" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An amorphous region of electron dense material in the cytoplasm from which the MICROTUBULES polymerization is nucleated. The pericentriolar region of the CENTROSOME which surrounds the CENTRIOLES is an example.
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D022101
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.430.214.190.750.585
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microtubule-Organizing Center" by people in Profiles.
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The Golgi complex governs natural killer cell lytic granule positioning to promote directionality in cytotoxicity. Cell Rep. 2025 01 28; 44(1):115156.
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Co-evolution between an endosymbiont and its nematode host: Wolbachia asymmetric posterior localization and AP polarity establishment. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Aug; 8(8):e3096.
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High throughput method to quantify anterior-posterior polarity of T-cells and epithelial cells. Viruses. 2011 12; 3(12):2396-411.
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LFA-1 regulates CD8+ T cell activation via T cell receptor-mediated and LFA-1-mediated Erk1/2 signal pathways. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jul 31; 284(31):21001-10.
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Regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase by aggresome formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 29; 102(13):4854-9.
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NudC associates with Lis1 and the dynein motor at the leading pole of neurons. J Neurosci. 2001 Dec 15; 21(24):RC187.