title: The multiple talents of kinesin-8.
abstract: Multiple activities cooperate to determine the architecture of the mitotic spindle. Kip3 is a kinesin-8 motor protein in budding yeast that acts as a microtubule depolymerase. Now Kip3 is shown to also crosslink and slide antiparallel microtubules, providing additional insights into how kinesin-8 motors control spindle integrity.
authors.affiliation: London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LY, UK.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roostalu
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Surrey
mesh_terms: D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C108256:KIP3 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016547:Kinesins
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