In plants, both microtubule-associated proteins (MAPS) and viral movement proteins (MPs) interact with microtubules. Recently, a unique plant structural MAP has been cloned, which may have a ...

Microtubules are composed of a protein called tubulin, which consists of alpha and beta subunits that assemble into large, tube-shaped filaments within the cell. These fibers are dynamic, growing from ...

They generate energy through a process called cellular respiration. This energy is most often stored in a molecule called adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is the fuel for many cellular processes. A ...

Fibroblast cells do this to close wounds ... explained that tentacle-like microtubules establish tension by emerging and casting out in a direction. Collagen around the cell pulls back on that ...