title: CAMSAPs add to the growing microtubule minus-end story.
abstract: Free microtubule minus ends, found in many differentiated cells, contribute to polarized motility. Work from Jiang et al. (2014) in this issue of Developmental Cell shows how mammalian CAMSAP proteins stabilize minus ends, providing a key piece to the puzzle of how these minus ends are formed and stabilized.
authors: Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
authors: Victoria C
authors: VC
authors: Silva
authors: Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA. Electronic address: lc07@lehigh.edu.
authors: Lynne
authors: L
authors: Cassimeris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018385:Centrosome / Q000378:metabolism*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C573192:CAMSAP2 protein, human; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins