Cytoskeleton: a catastrophic kinesin.
The 'plus' ends of microtubules exhibit dynamic instability, switching stochastically from growth to shortening phases. The first endogenous regulator of such 'catastrophes' has been identified, and is a kinesin-related microtubule motor protein.
Waters
J C
JC
Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3280, USA.
Salmon
E D
ED
D000818:Animals; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000502:physiology; D029867:Xenopus Proteins
C088335:KIF11 protein, Xenopus; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D016547:Kinesins