The Microtubule Cytoskeleton Organisation, Function and Role in Disease /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lüders, Jens (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Molecular biology.; Cell physiology.; Developmental biology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Physiology.; Molecular Medicine.; Developmental Biology.

This book provides an overview on the organization and function of the microtubule cytoskeleton, which is essential to many cellular processes and profoundly linked to a range of human diseases. Covering basic concepts as well as molecular details, the book discusses how microtubules are nucleated a...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1. Organization of the microtubule cytoskeleton Microtubule nucleators
• Microtubule regulators
• Microtubule organizing centers. Part 2. Assembly, maintenance and function of microtubule-based organellesCentrioles/basal bodies
• Centrosomes
• Cilia. Part 3. The microtubule cytoskeleton and disease Microtubule-based
• Centrosome-based
• Ciliopathies.