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Surprising origin of cell's internal highways

Scientists have long thought that microtubules, part of the microscopic scaffolding that the cell uses to move things around in order to hold its shape and divide, originated from a tiny structure near the nucleus, called the centrosome. Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers now report a surprising new origin for these cellular "highways" -- the Golgi apparatus.

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