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- Title
LKB1 destabilizes microtubules in myoblasts and contributes to myoblast differentiation.
- Authors
Mian, Isma; Pierre-Louis, Willythssa Stéphie; Dole, Neha; Gilberti, Renée M; Dodge-Kafka, Kimberly; Tirnauer, Jennifer S
- Abstract
Skeletal muscle myoblast differentiation and fusion into multinucleate myotubes is associated with dramatic cytoskeletal changes. We find that microtubules in differentiated myotubes are highly stabilized, but premature microtubule stabilization blocks differentiation. Factors responsible for microtubule destabilization in myoblasts have not been identified.
- Publication
PloS one, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 2, pe31583
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0031583