title: Microtubules: a ring for the depolymerization motor.
abstract: Newly discovered rings around microtubules, assembled from the Dam1 protein complex, may provide the dynamic linkage at microtubule ends for force generation coupled to microtubule depolymerization and polymerization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599, USA. tsalmon@email.unc.edu
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Salmon
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018386:Kinetochores / Q000378:metabolism*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C116003:DAM1 protein, S cerevisiae; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; C112472:NDC80 protein, S cerevisiae; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014404:Tubulin