Microtubule length control, a team sport?
Kinesin-8 family members function in microtubule length control and exhibit highly processive plus-end directed motility in conjunction with microtubule dissassembly activity. In a recent issue of Cell, Varga and colleagues describe how these two activities may be used to simultaneously measure and adjust the length of cellular microtubules.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics. University of Washington School of Medicine. Seattle, WA 98195, USA. worde@u.washington.edu
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