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Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
Vol. 20: 867-894 (Volume publication date November 2004)
(doi:10.1146/annurev.cellbio.20.012103.094648)
First published online as a Review in Advance on July 2, 2004
G PROTEIN CONTROL OF MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY

Yixian Zheng
Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21210; email:

▪ Abstract Microtubules are dynamic polymers required for many aspects of eukaryotic cell function. The interphase microtubule network is essential for intracellular transport, organization, and cell polarization, whereas the mitotic spindle is required for chromosome segregation and cell division. Studies in different areas such as cell migration, mitosis, and asymmetric cell division have shown that Ran, Rho, and heterotrimeric G proteins regulate many aspects of microtubule functions. This review surveys how G protein–signaling coordinates microtubule polymerization and organization with specific cellular activities.

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Keywords:
microtubule
spindle
Ran
Rho
Rac
Cdc42
heterotrimeric G proteins

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