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Does the geometric design of centrioles imply their function?

G Albrecht-Buehler.   

Abstract

The paper suggests several principles of construction of a microscopically small device for locating the directions of signal sources in microscopic dimensions. It appears that the simplest and smallest device that is compatible with the scrambling influence of thermal fluctuations as are demonstrated by Brownian motion is a pair of cylinders oriented at right angles to each other. Nine equally spaced blades run in a pitched fashion along the mantle of each cylinder. The blades have a concave cross-section and bend around the circumference of the cylinder in a certain rotational pattern. Considering the striking similarity of this hypothetical device with centrioles, the paper puts forward the conjecture that centrioles locate the direction of hypothetical signals inside cells.

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Year:  1981        PMID: 7348602     DOI: 10.1002/cm.970010206

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Cell Motil        ISSN: 0271-6585


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Authors:  K A Rogers; N H McKee; V I Kalnins
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  1985-05       Impact factor: 11.205

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Authors:  P B Armstrong
Journal:  Cancer Metastasis Rev       Date:  1985       Impact factor: 9.264

3.  Actin- and tubulin-dependent functions during Saccharomyces cerevisiae mating projection formation.

Authors:  E B Read; H H Okamura; D G Drubin
Journal:  Mol Biol Cell       Date:  1992-04       Impact factor: 4.138

4.  Fate of microtubule-organizing centers during myogenesis in vitro.

Authors:  A M Tassin; B Maro; M Bornens
Journal:  J Cell Biol       Date:  1985-01       Impact factor: 10.539

5.  Mechanism of centrosome positioning during the wound response in BSC-1 cells.

Authors:  U Euteneuer; M Schliwa
Journal:  J Cell Biol       Date:  1992-03       Impact factor: 10.539

6.  Microtubule-organizing centers and cell migration: effect of inhibition of migration and microtubule disruption in endothelial cells.

Authors:  A I Gotlieb; L Subrahmanyan; V I Kalnins
Journal:  J Cell Biol       Date:  1983-05       Impact factor: 10.539

7.  Microfilament-organizing centers in areas of cell contact: cytoskeletal interactions during cell attachment and locomotion.

Authors:  B Geiger; Z Avnur; G Rinnerthaler; H Hinssen; V J Small
Journal:  J Cell Biol       Date:  1984-07       Impact factor: 10.539

8.  Laser irradiation of centrosomes in newt eosinophils: evidence of centriole role in motility.

Authors:  M P Koonce; R A Cloney; M W Berns
Journal:  J Cell Biol       Date:  1984-06       Impact factor: 10.539

9.  Surface extensions of 3T3 cells towards distant infrared light sources.

Authors:  G Albrecht-Buehler
Journal:  J Cell Biol       Date:  1991-08       Impact factor: 10.539

10.  A nucleus-basal body connector in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that may function in basal body localization or segregation.

Authors:  R L Wright; J Salisbury; J W Jarvik
Journal:  J Cell Biol       Date:  1985-11       Impact factor: 10.539

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