DETECTION OF MTOC DISRUPTING SUBSTANCES

摘要

A method is provided for identifying a substance capable of disrupting microtubule organising centre (MTOC) integrity, which method comprises: contacting an Asp polypeptide or homologue thereof, or fragment thereof capable of forming and/or maintaining MTOCs in the absence of the substance, with a candidate substance in the presence of components required for MTOC formation and microtubule nucleation therefrom, and determining whether the substance disrupts MTOC integrity.