MTOC
| Parent |
| Cytoskeleton |
| Subordinate |
| Interphase MTOC Kinetosome Centrosome Spindle Polar Bodies Equatorial MTOC |
| Gene Ontology |
|---|
| QuickGO |
MTOC stands for microtubule organizing center (microtubule organizing center). In most cells , microtubules grow from a limited number of starting points. MTOCs are the locations in the cell where microtubules begin to grow in vivo .
There are several MTOC types. The centrioles, for example, as well as the basal bodies ( cilia and flagella arise from them ) consist of a characteristic arrangement of nine microtubule triplets (9 × 3 + 0).
In most animal cells, polar microtubules with their minus end are anchored in a complex structure, the centrosome .
literature
- Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer : Biochemistry. 6th edition, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8274-1800-5 .
- Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet: Biochemistry. 4th edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York 2011, ISBN 978-1-11813992-9 .
- Bruce Alberts , Alexander Johnson, Peter Walter, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts: Molecular Biology of the Cell , 4th Edition, Taylor & Francis 2002, ISBN 978-0-81533218-3 .