title: CLASPing the cell cortex.
abstract: CLASPs are spatially regulated microtubule plus end tracking proteins involved in forming polarized microtubule arrays. Work in this issue of Developmental Cell identifies the protein LL5beta as a key CLASP binding platform that mediates communication between the cell cortex and the microtubule cytoskeleton.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.
authors.forename: Holly V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Goodson
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Folker
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C468925:ERC1 protein, human; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C471180:PHLDB2 protein, human