Figure 2.
Microtubule structure. (A,B) Key aspects of microtubule structure, as indicated. (C) Diagram of the relationship between protofilament number and microtubule structure. (D) Model of the γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC) associated with the minus end of a microtubule (gray). MTOC, microtubule-organizing center. (A,B, Modified from Kollman et al. 2011, with permission from Macmillan Publishers; C, modified, with permission, from Amos 2004, with permission of The Royal Society of Chemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B403634D.)