title: Cytoskeleton Dynamics: Mind the Gap!
abstract: A new study presents a quantitative biophysical model of microtubule aster growth with autocatalytic microtubule nucleation. The model accounts for asters that grow indefinitely, even when their microtubules are unstable.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: brugues@mpi-cbg.de.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brugués
mesh_terms: D003599:Cytoskeleton; D008870:Microtubules