Article citationsMore>>

Simon, J.R. and Salmon, E.D. (1990) The structure of microtubule ends during the elongation and shortening phases of dynamic instability examined by negative-stain electron microscopy. Journal of Cell Science, 96, 571-582.

has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Analysis of a single soybean microtubule’s persistence length

  AUTHORS: Mitra Shojania Feizabadi, Jimmy Barrientos, Carly Winton

  KEYWORDS: Microtubule; Soybean; Persistence Length; β Tubulin Isotype

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology, Vol.4 No.10, October 16, 2013

  ABSTRACT: In this study, we have reported for the first time the persistence length of a single soybean microtubule in vitro. The measurement is based on analysis of thermal bending of a single soybean microtubule. Similar to mammalian microtubules, the length dependency of the persistence length was also observed for this species of plant microtubule. The identification of two intrinsic aspects of plant microtubules: the persistence length and the compositional structure in terms of variety of beta tubulin isotypes, and the potential correlation between these two factors, provides evidence for the functionality mechanism of plant microtubules. In this work, these two fundamental factors have been further discussed for our case study: single soybean microtubule.