Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20719263›Full record

ReviewMethods in cell biology2010

Analysis of microtubule polymerization dynamics in live cells.

Sarah Gierke, Praveen Kumar, Torsten Wittmann

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Review in Methods in cell biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah GierkeDepartment of Cell & Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0512, USA.
Praveen Kumar
Torsten Wittmann
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Microtubule dynamics during cell polarity and migrationR01GM079139 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WITTMANN, TORSTEN · 2008 to 2017
$2.7M
PROGRAM IN CRANIOFACIAL &SKELETAL BIOC06RR016490 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI BERTOLAMI, CHARLES N · 2001 to 2001
$2.0M
NCRR NIH HHS C06 RR016490NCRR NIH HHS C06 RR16490NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079139
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spatiotemporal regulation of intracellular microtubule polymerization dynamics, by numerous microtubule-associated proteins and other mechanisms, is central to many cell processes. Here, we give an overview and practical guide on how to acquire and analyze time-lapse sequences of dynamic microtubules in live cells by either fluorescently labeling entire microtubules or by utilizing proteins that specifically associate only with growing microtubule ends and summarize the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches. We give practical recommendations for imaging conditions, and discuss important limitations of such analysis that are dictated by the maximum achievable spatial and temporal sampling frequencies.

Indexed as

Cell Physiological PhenomenaClinical Laboratory TechniquesAdenoviridaeAnimalsCell ProliferationHumansMicroscopy, FluorescenceMicrotubulesModels, BiologicalProtein Multimerization

Identifiers

PMID20719263
PMCPMC3495240
OpenAlexW1504427671

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