title: Microtubules: sizing up the GTP cap.
abstract: The 'GTP cap' of the microtubule has long been postulated to exist, but a recent experiment gives us the first quantitative measurements of the cap size in the cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada. gary.brouhard@mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brouhard
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sept
mesh_terms: D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D014404:Tubulin; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate