microtubule nucleation
The process in which tubulin alpha-beta heterodimers begin aggregation to form an oligomeric tubulin structure (a microtubule seed). Microtubule nucleation is the initiating step in the formation of a microtubule in the absence of any existing microtubules ('de novo' microtubule formation).
GO:0000226
microtubule cytoskeleton organization
is_a
GO:0046785
microtubule polymerization
part_of
SPAC9G1.15c SPCC4G3.19 SPBC365.15 SPCC417.07c SPAC806.08c SPBC428.20c SPAC890.02c SPCC895.07 SPBC32F12.04 SPBC211.06