title: Proplatelets slip slidin' away.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Bender et al provide compelling evidence that the motor protein cytoplasmic dynein provides the necessary force for microtubule sliding and proplatelet elongation from megakaryocytes.
authors: UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM.
authors: Alexandra
authors: A
authors: Mazharian
authors: UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM.
authors: Yotis A
authors: YA
authors: Senis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D056445:Cytoplasmic Dyneins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014404:Tubulin; D056445:Cytoplasmic Dyneins