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.
Wordeman
Linda
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Department of Physiology and Biophysics. University of Washington School of Medicine. Seattle, WA 98195, USA. worde@u.washington.edu
Stumpff
Jason
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D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D006801:Humans; D016547:Kinesins / Q000502:physiology*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*
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