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ReviewF1000Research2016

Ahead of the Curve: New Insights into Microtubule Dynamics.

Ryoma Ohi, Marija Zanic

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Review in F1000Research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Resistance to anti-tubulin agents: From vinca alkaloids to epothilones.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ryoma OhiDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Marija ZanicDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Funding

Regulation of microtubule dynamics during cell divisionR01GM086610 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI OHI, RYOMA · 2010 to 2023
$4.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM086610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microtubule dynamics are fundamental for many aspects of cell physiology, but their mechanistic underpinnings remain unclear despite 40 years of intense research. In recent years, the continued union of reconstitution biochemistry, structural biology, and modeling has yielded important discoveries that deepen our understanding of microtubule dynamics. These studies, which we review here, underscore the importance of GTP hydrolysis-induced changes in tubulin structure as microtubules assemble, and highlight the fact that each aspect of microtubule behavior is the output of complex, multi-step processes. Although this body of work moves us closer to appreciating the key features of microtubule biochemistry that drive dynamic instability, the divide between our understanding of microtubules in isolation versus within the cellular milieu remains vast. Bridging this gap will serve as fertile grounds of cytoskeleton-focused research for many years to come.

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cytoskeletonmicrotubule biochemistryMicrotubule dynamics

Identifiers

PMID26998244
PMCPMC4786905

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