Microtubule assembly: catastrophe factors to the rescue.
Two new studies have shown how regulation of microtubule dynamics by members of the kinesin superfamily may guard against errors in spindle assembly and chromosome segregation.
Garrett
Sarah
S
Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York 10021, USA.
Kapoor
Tarun M
TM
D000818:Animals; D020090:Chromosome Segregation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
D016547:Kinesins