Opening Microtubule (IMAGE)

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Opening Microtubule

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In the absence on Mal3p microtubules are unstable and can open at the seam. The image shows a microtubule with opening seam (bottom left), seen through the electron microscope.

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Image by Linda Sandblad, EMBL

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