title: Cell migration: katanin gives microtubules a trim.
abstract: New evidence suggests that katanin - best known for severing microtubules in their more stable regions - localizes at the leading edge of migratory cells and trims microtubules at their dynamic plus ends.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA. pbaas@drexelmed.edu
authors.forename: Peter W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Baas
authors.forename: Vandana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D000074201:Katanin; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000074201:Katanin