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
SPCC4G3.19 SPCC417.07c SPAC890.02c SPAC9G1.15c SPBC211.06 SPAC806.08c SPBC428.20c SPBC32F12.04 SPBC365.15 SPCC895.07