microtubule organising centre (MTOC)

microtubule organising centre (MTOC)

MTOCs are bundles of protein tubes which may be found at the base of a eukaryotic flagellum. In animals, they also function in creating the arrays of microtubules that pull the chromosomes apart during mitosis.

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