title: Cytoskeleton: a catastrophic kinesin.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3280, USA.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Salmon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000502:physiology; D029867:Xenopus Proteins
chemical_list: C088335:KIF11 protein, Xenopus; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D016547:Kinesins