※ Microtubule introduction

    Microtubules (MTs) are tubulin heterodimers that are arranged in a parallel shape of hollow cylinders which play roles in regulating the mechanical structure and dynamics of cells. Much of the structure and dynamics of MTs is highly ordered (1). In fact, microtubules were enable to be used as platforms to understand the mechanisms underlying liquid–liquid phase separation, some RNA binding proteins on microtubules leads to the formation of mRNA-rich liquid-like compartments on microtubules (2).

Reference
1. Ilan, Y. (2019) Randomness in microtubule dynamics: an error that requires correction or an inherent plasticity required for normal cellular function? Cell Biol Int, PMID: 31042006
2. Maucuer, A., Desforges, B., Joshi, V., Boca, M., Kretov, D. A., Hamon, L., et al. (2018) Microtubules as platforms for probing liquid-liquid phase separation in cells - application to RNA-binding proteins. J Cell Sci, 131(11). PMID: 29728455

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No.	Status	DrLLPS ID	Ensemble Gene ID	UniProt Accession	Gene Name
1		LLPS-Cas-3026	ENSTSYG00000010732.2
2		LLPS-Cas-0302	ENSTSYG00000011750.2	A0A1U7TVH0	TUBA4A